AFFINITY TRUST
Registered charity 1139891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043881 (OSCR)
Affinity Trust supports people with learning disabilities. The main model of support is Supported Living but Day Opportunities and a small number of Residential places are also provided.Affinity Trust supports people with a wide range of support needs and has considerable experience of supporting people with complex support needs such as challenging behaviour.
Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Affinity Trust achieved a net surplus of £46k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income growing by 9% to £72.3m. Per the trustees' report, the organisation holds £9.5m in cash and investments, which falls within its stated reserves policy target range of £6m to £15m.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income)
“Charitable activities” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Affinity Trust Support Limited
“The non-charitable subsidiary, Affinity Trust Support Limited, commenced trading on 27 January 2023.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
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.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Affinity Trust — Registered, 69 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 23/11/2023. CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (2,983 likes) · instagram (322 followers)
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£13.0m
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Affinity Trust Specialist Division South: Requires improvement (06/06/2023) · CQC record
- Affinity Trust - Domicilary Care Agency - West Midlands: Good (03/10/2019) · CQC record
- Affinity Trust- Domiciliary Care Agency- Central: Not Rated · CQC record
- Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care - West Berkshire: Good (11/01/2019) · CQC record
- Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency East: Good (20/10/2018) · CQC record
- Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency - Shipley and Airedale: Not Rated · CQC record
- Pear Tree Lane: Good (14/12/2023) · CQC record
- The Views: Good (20/03/2020) · CQC record
- The Willows: Good (27/09/2024) · CQC record
- Fairmount: Good (28/06/2019) · CQC record
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AFFINITY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Affinity Trust achieved a net surplus of £46k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income growing by 9% to £72.3m. Per the trustees' report, the organisation holds £9.5m in cash and investments, which falls within its stated reserves policy target range of £6m to £15m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
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