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retail trust

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other defined groups. Retail Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in London and operates in Scotland, Salford City, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Retail Trust is the charity for all people working and retired from retail. Its charitable activities are:- a confidential Helpline which provides counselling, legal and debt advice- Charitable Services with access to financial grants;- Wellbeing Programme;- Supported Living and Care Services for retired employees; and- other services such as education.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£10,884,665
Latest Expenditure
£13,649,272

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 108.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 88.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 11.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £220,845
Charitable Activities £7,209,894
Other Trading £3,428,001
Investments £263,748
Other Income £326

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £12,028,148
Raising Funds £1,621,124
Governance £0
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£10,884,665£13,649,272£12,028,148£35,279,602£34,830,787124 / 0
2023£12,654,485£10,805,996£9,589,007£37,840,462£38,166,957107 / 0
2022£9,683,001£8,665,643£3,496,293£35,133,296£4,757,55475 / 0
2021£8,507,005£7,993,157£3,386,486£34,478,949£34,059,79977 / 0
2020£8,986,497£8,761,904£1,564,034£31,918,448£839,75681 / 7

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers