The Thompson Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Thompson Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Thompson Family Charitable Trust reported income of £6.3m and spending of £8.4m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £6.3m (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 176% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Thompson Family Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 Royal Air Force Central Fund (£6.3m), Standard Chartered Foundation (£6.4m) and The 29th May 1961 Charity (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.4m. Reserves of £82.0m would cover about 116 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.