The Abba Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Abba Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Abba Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £17k to £12k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Abba Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leadenham Inclosure Award Charity (£12k), Water for Africa (£12k) and Altarnun Village Hall (£12k).