Paley Trust

Analysis

Paley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in February 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Paley Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £22k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £12k to £12k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Paley Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Road Memorial Institute (£12k), Salhouse 2000 (£12k) and The Preece Charitable Trust (£12k).

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.