Family in Trust

Analysis

Family in Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Family in Trust reported income of £146k and spending of £174k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £205k to £146k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Family in Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worth: Women on the Road to Healing (£146k), Priors Park Community Church (£146k) and Muin Welfare Trust (£146k).