The Ashray Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ashray Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Ashray Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £23k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £23k to £22k (-5.4%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 424%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ashray Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Padstow Masonic Charity Trust (£22k), Chippenham and District Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund (£22k) and Ready Listener (£22k).