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The London Trust for Trinity College Dublin

RegisteredRegistered charity number 280693LondonEducation and training
Income£2.6m2025-09-30
Spending£2.6msame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctEducation and training
Registered1980Other
Employees0latest return

Analysis

The London Trust for Trinity College Dublin is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The London Trust for Trinity College Dublin reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £304k to £2.6m (+740%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The London Trust for Trinity College Dublin sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teesside University Students' Union (£2.5m), Skinners' Education Foundation (£2.6m) and Phoenix Autism Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £917k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £11k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

Income and spending

£0£641k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m2021 Income: £303,9062021 Spending: £293,22720212022 Income: £635,7402022 Spending: £610,53920222023 Income: £421,5362023 Spending: £457,59920232024 Income: £974,4362024 Spending: £932,60320242025 Income: £2,552,4492025 Spending: £2,562,6342025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 63%
  • Legacies 36%
  • Other 0.9%

In the charity's own words

To promote the advancement of education generally and in particular public access to education facilities and of higher education in the British Isles and at Trinity College Dublin.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Teesside University Students' UnionMiddlesbrough£2.5m
Skinners' Education FoundationLondon£2.6m
Phoenix Autism TrustLondon£2.5m
Greenbank School LimitedCheadle£2.6m