Philo Trust

Analysis

Philo Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rickmansworth. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Philo Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £776k to £1.3m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Philo Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke the Evangelist, Maidstone (£1.3m), Greenwich Islamic Centre (£1.3m) and Friends of Mir (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and charitable activities 13%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £591k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.