The Avenue Trust

Analysis

The Avenue Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Avenue Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £42k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £63k to £44k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Avenue 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 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Sturminster Newton and North Dorset (£44k), Landkey United Charities (£44k) and Friends of the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf (£44k).