THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST

Registered charity 1089893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making to other charitable organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.4m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit on unrestricted funds of £913,593, which was funded by a transfer from expendable endowment. Total net assets increased to £21.2 million, supported by significant cash deposits and investment portfolios. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet all commitments and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose total employment benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for services provided to the Trust exceeded £60,000 was as follows: one employee who earned between £60,000 - £70,000” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose total employment benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for services provided to the Trust exceeded £60,000 was as follows: one employee who earned between £60,000 - £70,000” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Legal services to Broadfield Law UK LLP, a firm in which Trustee Mr D Flynn is a partner.

“Included in grant-related support costs is £9,858 payable for legal services to Broadfield Law UK LLP(2024: £8,220), a firm in which Mr D Flynn is a partner.” — page 39

“During the year to 5 April 2025, a net Gift Aid donation of £1,975,000 (2024: nil) was received from the Settlor who is a Trustee of The True Colours Trust.” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Gift Aid donation received from the Settlor, who is a Trustee of The True Colours Trust.

“Included in grant-related support costs is £9,858 payable for legal services to Broadfield Law UK LLP(2024: £8,220), a firm in which Mr D Flynn is a partner.” — page 39

“During the year to 5 April 2025, a net Gift Aid donation of £1,975,000 (2024: nil) was received from the Settlor who is a Trustee of The True Colours Trust.” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lucy Sainsbury — Chair (source)
Catherine Korris — Head of Programmes (source)
Jo Ecclestone Ford — Strategic Lead (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£3.4m

Total spending

£1.9m

Cost of raising funds

£58k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID WOOD · trustee of 2 other charities
DOMINIC BRENDAN FLYNN · trustee of 4 other charities
LUCY ANYA SAINSBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
MR T G PRICE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cameroon · Ghana · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Scotland · Sierra Leone · South Africa · South Sudan · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Togo

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£3.4m	£1.9m
05/04/2024	£10.6m	£1.6m
05/04/2023	£3.0m	£2.5m
05/04/2022	£929k	£2.2m
05/04/2021	£1.9m	£3.5m

Common questions

Is THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit on unrestricted funds of £913,593, which was funded by a transfer from expendable endowment. Total net assets increased to £21.2 million, supported by significant cash deposits and investment portfolios. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet all commitments and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

LUCY ANYA SAINSBURY — trustee here and at THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10.0m	Towards core costs and expendable endowment

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST.

MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST income £277k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £222k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.3m
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £608k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	£3.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST FY2025	£277k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	below	0.0%	no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.