The Primrose Trust

Analysis

The Primrose Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in September 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Primrose Trust reported income of £121k and spending of £145k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £119k to £121k (+1.8%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Primrose Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Team Poundie (£121k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Branch (£122k) and Buddy's Rescue Buddies (£121k).

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.