The Charles Wallace India Trust

Analysis

The Charles Wallace India Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackheath. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Charles Wallace India Trust reported income of £288k and spending of £288k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £179k to £288k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Charles Wallace India Trust 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include European Survey Research Association (£287k), Canal Museum Trust (£288k) and The Black-E (£287k).

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.