The Trust Foundation

Registered charity 1180111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AM FOUNDATION

Focus will be on the poor and needy, children and the elderly, marginalised communities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £816,271 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £3,819,330. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and maintains a policy to maximize unrestricted funds to cover donations and administrative costs. The charity does not undertake any fundraising activities and relies on donations from companies and investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 3 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 31/12/2022 (received 11/11/2023, 11 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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
31/12/2025£2.5m£3.3m
31/12/2024£3.0m£3.0m
31/12/2023£2.4m£3.1m
31/12/2022£3.0m£3.8m
31/12/2021£2.7m£1.2m

Common questions

Is The Trust Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £816,271 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £3,819,330. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and maintains a policy to maximize unrestricted funds to cover donations and administrative costs. The charity does not undertake any fundraising activities and relies on donations from companies and investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNDATION MATTERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Trust Foundation£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GB TRUST FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025£3.1m£110,000 - £119,9999above—no doubt
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
THE F W TRUST LTD FY2025£79k—0unclear—no doubt

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