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CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST

Registered charity 1133179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY TECHNOLOGY TRUST, TECH TRUST

Charity Digital Trust empowers Charities to Accelerate their Mission through Technology working in partnership with commercial and voluntary organisations to support and guide charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK using technology to enhance the way they work and collaborate.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD SUCH PURPOSES ASARE RECOGNISED AS BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW IN ENGLANDAND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT ORESTABLISH.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure over income of £130,698 for the period, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £221,515 to £90,817. The trustees note that the charity is on a stable financial footing following a strategic transition, with current free reserves of £121,929 exceeding the minimum target of £100,000. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of average operating expenditure (reserves figure: £91k)
“Trustees have set the minimum target at £100,000 of free reserves held within unrestricted funds. This level is equivalent to approximately two months of our average operating expenditure” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee provides consultancy services for CTT Payments
“Through an arrangement which predates the Board appointment, one Trustee provides consultancy services for CTT Payments, and this is duly recorded.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One Trustee provides consultancy services for CTT Payments
“Through an arrangement which predates the Board appointment, one Trustee provides consultancy services for CTT Payments, and this is duly recorded.”
“At the balance sheet date, £331,440 (2024: £326,513) was owed by a company under common control.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount owed by company under common control
“Through an arrangement which predates the Board appointment, one Trustee provides consultancy services for CTT Payments, and this is duly recorded.”
“At the balance sheet date, £331,440 (2024: £326,513) was owed by a company under common control.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: CTT Charity Payments Limited
“The charity controls a UK trading subsidiary, CTT Charity Payments Limited.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 8 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 05/02/2025, 5 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

CTT CHARITY PAYMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Note 12 discloses amounts owed to group undertakings of £331,436 (2025) and £331,019 (2024). Additionally, Note 1 mentions a prior year amendment where £153,976 was reclassified from other creditors to amounts owed to group undertakings.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£91k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£2.7m£2.8m
31/03/2024£1.9m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.2m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.9m

Common questions

Is CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure over income of £130,698 for the period, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £221,515 to £90,817. The trustees note that the charity is on a stable financial footing following a strategic transition, with current free reserves of £121,929 exceeding the minimum target of £100,000. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited.

Who funds CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITYFY2023£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/01/2019£44kDigital Leadership Fund - Tech Trust

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£210k
Howden Foundation1£153k
JOFFE CHARITABLE TRUST CIO1£125k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust1£48k
THE HOPE FOUNDATION1£13k
THE JUNCTION 42 FOUNDATION1£12k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
CENTRE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY FY2026£1.2m£90,001 - £100,0002below—no doubt
CHARITIES TRUST FY2025£74.4m——above—no doubt
THE CHARITY FINANCE GROUP FY2025£2.0m——within—no doubt
SOCIAL TECH TRUST FY2025£244k——above—no doubt
THE CYBER TRUST FY2026£27k——unclear—no doubt

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