The Allen Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Allen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petworth. It was registered in January 1979, 47 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Allen Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £16k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £18k to £17k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, The Allen Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neuadd Bentref Llanddona Village Hall (£17k), Castletown Community Association (£17k) and David Dolinsky Z-L Memorial Trust (£16k).