Catherine Grace Trust

Analysis

Catherine Grace Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00462901). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Catherine Grace Trust reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £59k to £4.2m (+7106%), an average of +191% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 3140%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Catherine Grace 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foster Care Charity (£4.2m), Caritas Diocese of Salford (£4.2m) and The Chalk Cliff Trust (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.