Grace Charitable Trust

Analysis

Grace Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in November 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Grace Charitable Trust reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.5m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.7m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Grace Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afrika Tikkun UK (£2.7m), Exceed Worldwide (£2.7m) and The Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth Charitable Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.