The Italia Conti Trust

Analysis

The Italia Conti Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01848136). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Italia Conti Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £47k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £453k to £46k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 7450%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Italia Conti Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% 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 Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (£46k), The British Scholarship Trust (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) (£46k) and Avening Playgroup (£46k).

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.