Charities Trust

Analysis

Charities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02142757). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charities Trust reported income of £74.4m and spending of £94.0m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £164.3m to £74.4m (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Charities Trust sits at the 100th 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 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sarasin Charity Authorised Investment Funds (£72.9m), NPT Transatlantic Limited (£84.3m) and Paypal Giving Fund UK (£66.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95%, investments 2.7% and charitable activities 2.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £8.7m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.