Edward Carpenter Community Trust

Analysis

Edward Carpenter Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02223544). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Edward Carpenter Community Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1,148 to £17k (+1356%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 4171%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Edward Carpenter Community Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation (£17k), Chios Charities (£17k) and Lancashire County Nursing Trust (£17k).