The Grail Trust

Analysis

The Grail Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in December 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Grail Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £23k to £21k (-9.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Grail Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwich Community Money Advice Connect Centre (£21k), Tooting Parents Association (£21k) and The Rowlett Trust (£21k).