The Paula Carr Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Paula Carr Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Paula Carr Charitable Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £271k, spending 659% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £215k to £41k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 887%. Over the whole period it spent 310% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Paula Carr Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Overeaters Anonymous Great Britain [oagb] (£41k), Evelyn's Gift (£41k) and Hope's Place (£41k).