The York Merchant Adventurers 1988 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The York Merchant Adventurers 1988 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The York Merchant Adventurers 1988 Charitable Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £94k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £32k to £96k (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The York Merchant Adventurers 1988 Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lady Lumley's Educational Foundation (£96k), The Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies (£96k) and Halebank Primary School Pre-School Playgroup (£96k).