Colchester Medical Charitable Trust

Analysis

Colchester Medical Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 1967, 59 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colchester Medical Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,014 to £15k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Colchester Medical Charitable Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mordens and Litlington Mobile Warden Scheme (£15k), The John Rayner Charitable Trust (£15k) and Derby Brethren in Christ Church (£15k).