The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust

Analysis

The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in April 1990, 36 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust reported income of £213k and spending of £38k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £36k to £213k (+485%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 1030%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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 Colchester and Tendring Community Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 St Andrews Church Centre Ealing (£212k), The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust (£213k) and Assist Teignbridge (£212k).