The Carpenter Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Carpenter Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Welwyn. It was registered in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Carpenter Charitable Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £112k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £65k (+324%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 288% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Carpenter Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Limited (£65k), The Jack Lane Charitable Trust (£65k) and Gerefa Charitable Trust (£65k).

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.