Joan Ainslie Charitable Trust

Analysis

Joan Ainslie Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Joan Ainslie Charitable Trust reported income of £278k and spending of £401k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £221k to £278k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Joan Ainslie Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 The Royal Artillery Association (£277k), The G W Cadbury Section Charitable Trust (£280k) and Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance Limited (£276k).

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.