The Princess Anne's Charities

Analysis

The Princess Anne's Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Princess Anne's Charities reported income of £237k and spending of £274k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £359k to £237k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Princess Anne's Charities sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wooldridge Charitable Trust (£237k), Bedfont Lakes Trust Fund (£238k) and The Miles Morland Foundation (£235k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.