Rachel Charitable Trust

Analysis

Rachel Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rachel Charitable Trust reported income of £5.4m and spending of £5.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £5.7m to £5.4m (-5.7%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rachel Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Capricorn Foundation (£5.2m), Squarepoint Foundation (£5.4m) and The Karlsson Jativa Charitable Foundation (£5.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 69% and donations and legacies 31%. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 47%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.6m. Reserves of £28.9m would cover about 68 months of spending at that rate.