Before Trust

Analysis

Before Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Before Trust reported income of £219k and spending of £211k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £99k to £219k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Before Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oratory of St Philip Neri at Cardiff (£219k), The United Kingdom Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre (£219k) and Gurudwara Shri Guru Dashmesh Sahib (£219k).