The Tangent Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Tangent Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1984, 42 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 May 2025, The Tangent Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £30k to £20k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, The Tangent Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oppenheim Foundation (£20k), The Hawkins Foundation (£20k) and The Peter Morrison Charitable Foundation (£20k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST ARE FOR THE TRUSTEES TO SEEK TO APPLY THE FUNDS AND INCOME ARISING THEREON FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THEY, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. THE TRUSTEES HAVE DECIDED TO FULFIL THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF GRANT MAKING.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Oppenheim Foundation | London | £20k |
| The Hawkins Foundation | Nottingham | £20k |
| The Peter Morrison Charitable Foundation | London | £20k |
| Be Raw | Brighton | £20k |