The Constance Travis Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Constance Travis Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1986, 40 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 December 2025, The Constance Travis Charitable Trust reported income of £3.3m and spending of £4.5m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £3.3m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Constance Travis Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 New Philanthropy Capital (£3.2m), Bristol Charities (£3.3m) and The Samworth Foundation (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51% and investments 49%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.0m.