The Takk Trust

Analysis

The Takk Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Heathfield. It was registered in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Takk Trust reported income of £103k and spending of £129k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £284k to £103k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Takk Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sponne and Bickerstaffe Charity (£103k), The Lunch Club (£104k) and World Outreach (£103k).

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.