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The A B Charitable Trust
The A B Charitable Trust is a registered charity (number 1000147) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £8.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 1 trustee
- Income £8.8m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Abct Trustee Limited.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- abcharitabletrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.8m£9.0m
- 2024£7.5m£7.2m
- 2023£6.4m£6.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.4m£5.1m
- 2021£4.7m£4.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT
Grants received
4 grants · £229,400 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- LEF · £105,000
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £100,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £20,000
- A B Charitable Trust · £4,400
Most recent
Grants given
2,052 grants · £44,092,583 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top recipients
- Legal Education Foundation · £1,775,000 (11 grants)
- Justice Collaborations · £943,150 (9 grants)
- Refugee Action · £789,000 (12 grants)
- Global Dialogue · £667,500 (15 grants)
- The Civil Liberties Trust · £589,000 (11 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1000147
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 30TH MARCH 1990 AS AMENDED 26 APRIL 2008 as amended on 20 Jul 2020
- Contact on the register
- 020 7243 9486 · mail@abcharitabletrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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