CHARITIES TRUST

Registered charity 327489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charities Trust works with organisations, individuals and other charities to increase charitable giving with particular emphasis on tax effective donations. It does this by providing donation management services including payroll giving, online and offline sponsorship facilities and processing of donations for charity appeals.

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Latest income

£74.4m

Latest spending

£94.0m

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £9,086,470, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet working capital and development requirements. While total funds decreased due to the timing of donation distributions, the charity maintains a solid balance sheet with significant cash and investment holdings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Sir Michael Bibby, a Director / Trustee of the Charity, is also the Chair of and a shareholder in Bibby Line Group. Bibby Line Group is a customer of Charities Trust and during the year purchased services to the value of £2,193

“Sir Michael Bibby, a Director / Trustee of the Charity, is also the Chair of and a shareholder in Bibby Line Group. Bibby Line Group is a customer of Charities Trust and during the year purchased services to the value of £2,193 (2024 - £2,375). Charities Trust provided Payroll Giving and Corporate Fundraising Match services to Bibby Line Group, with £38,255 (2024 - £44,048) of corporate match funds received during the year and £40,318 (2024 - £42,441) paid out to charity.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: CT Donations Management Limited

“The Charity has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, CT Donations Management Limited, which has not yet commenced trading.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Aviva — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
The Aviva Foundation — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
The Benefact Group — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
The Cadent Foundation — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
GiveWheel — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
The Guardian and Observer — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
Nationwide — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
NatWest Group — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)
SuperKind — “Trusted by the UK's most giving businesses” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£74.4m

Total spending

£94.0m

Cost of raising funds

£93k

Reserves (reported)

£8.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CATHERINE ELIZABETH MARGARET RUSTOMJI
Jillian Margaret Jones
Lauran Angela Macare
Patrick Fietje
Richard David Mabbott
Sir Michael James Bibby · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Canada · China · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Hong Kong · India · Ireland · Israel · Japan · Lithuania · Netherlands

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£74.4m	£94.0m
30/04/2024	£75.7m	£84.9m
30/04/2023	£80.1m	£78.7m
30/04/2022	£66.0m	£80.1m
30/04/2021	£164.3m	£133.8m

Common questions

Is CHARITIES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £9,086,470, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet working capital and development requirements. While total funds decreased due to the timing of donation distributions, the charity maintains a solid balance sheet with significant cash and investment holdings. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

Who funds CHARITIES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARITIES TRUST as a grant recipient include Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust, BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, YEMEN RELIEF (UK) LTD.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust	FY2023	£48k	Payroll matching grants
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
YEMEN RELIEF (UK) LTD	FY2022	£5k	Donations and legacies

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
FIELDSDENE TRUST	1	£13k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH WITH ILMER	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST.

IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST income £2.5m
GIFT GROW GOOD income £508k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
THE CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST income £349k
THE FAMILY RICH CHARITIES TRUST income £138k
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITIES TRUST	£74.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
IMPACT GIVING UK TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GIFT GROW GOOD FY2025	£508k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST FY2025	£349k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE FAMILY RICH CHARITIES TRUST FY2024	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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