The Phoenix Trust

Analysis

The Phoenix Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Phoenix Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £68k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £58k to £70k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Phoenix Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden Grove Trust (£70k), Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust (£70k) and MTB 102 Trust (£70k).