The Tadpole Trust

Analysis

The Tadpole Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1988, 38 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 April 2025, The Tadpole Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £5,537, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,657 to £11k (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2904%. Over the whole period it spent 28% 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 Tadpole 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 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fisher Charitable Foundation (£11k), The Virginie Keuleyan Charitable Trust (£11k) and Staunton Harold General Purpose Charity (£11k).