The Christabella Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Christabella Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Christabella Charitable Trust reported income of £406k and spending of £7.7m, spending 1903% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to April 2026, income grew from £244k to £406k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 539% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Christabella Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (£404k), For All Foundation UK (£409k) and Youth Enquiry Service, Brixham, Ltd. (£398k).

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.