Find that Charity | GB-CHC-1000147 | The a B Charitable Trust

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1000147 .

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Description

Grants to UK registered charities which operate in the UK

Also known as

The a B Charitable Trust
All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform

CCEW Charity number

1000147

Registered

21 August 1990

Postcode

WC1B 3SR

Website

abcharitabletrust.org.uk

Domain

abcharitabletrust.org.uk

Latest income

£6,425,352 (on 30 April 2023)

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Camden

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200
Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200 » Grants to organisations CA202
Charity and VCS support CV

Theme (CCEW)

General Charitable Purposes 101

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205

Activities (CCEW)

Makes Grants To Organisations 302

Scale of operation

National

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Charity financial history

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Year ending	Income (£)	Spending (£)
1990-08-21	Registered as a charity
2004-04-30	110,365	218,017
2005-04-30	331,942	226,065
2006-04-30	160,259	277,265
2007-04-30	366,726	285,480
2008-04-30	548,820	276,685
2009-04-30	199,096	358,385
2010-04-30	184,152	444,491
2011-04-30	531,475	445,179
2012-04-30	403,420	521,059
2013-04-30	429,786	521,098
2014-04-30	1,083,328	687,021
2015-04-30	979,652	828,625
2016-04-30	8,662,183	8,218,385
2017-04-30	479,231	1,176,410
2018-04-30	1,629,537	1,740,297
2019-04-30	2,323,251	1,793,896
2020-04-30	3,041,884	3,264,322
2021-04-30	4,732,792	4,197,780
2022-04-30	5,412,063	5,055,846
2023-04-30	6,425,352	6,158,570

Income and Spending

Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Charity people

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	2023 £	2022 £
Employees	6	6
Employees paid more than £60,000	1	1
Volunteers	-	-
Trustees	1

Employees

Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended 30 April 2023.

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

	2023 £000s	2022 £000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income	6,418.3	5,412.1
Legacies	-	-
Endowments	-	-
Donations and legacies	6,418.3	5,412.1
Income from charitable activities	-	-
Income from other trading activities	-	-
Income from investments	7.1	-
Other income	-	-
Total	6,425.4	5,412.1

Expenditure
Investment management	-	-
Other spending on raising funds	-	-
Spending on raising funds	-	-
Grants to institutions	5,717.8	4,739.7
Other charitable activities	440.7	316.1
Charitable activities	6,158.6	5,055.8
Other spending	-	-
Total	6,158.6	5,055.8

Net income / (expenditure)	266.8	356.2

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at 30 April 2023.

	2023 £000s	2022 £000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets	-	-
Investment assets	-	-
	-	-

Current assets
Current investment assets	-	-
Cash	2,947.9	2,189.5
Other current assets	27.7	2.3
	2,975.6	2,191.8

Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year	(1,317.2)	(800.3)
Net current assets	1,658.3	1,391.5

Total assets less current liabilities	1,658.3	1,391.5

Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year	-	-

Net assets	1,658.3	1,391.5

Funds
Endowment funds	-	-
Restricted funds	191.7	215.1
Unrestricted funds	1,466.7	1,176.5
	1,658.3	1,391.5

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Grants received

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Date	Funder		Amount awarded	Description
26 Jan 2016	A B Charitable Trust Human Rights, particularly access to justice	GB-CHC-1000147	£4,400	Regulation of cannabis for medical use

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

A B Charitable Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page

The a B Charitable Trust

GB-CHC-1000147

Grants made

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Published data showsthis funder made 1,374 grants between January 2013 and January 2024.

View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.

2024	39 grants	£1,032,000
2023	184 grants	£5,032,430
2022	215 grants	£4,842,700
2021	183 grants	£3,878,500
2020	160 grants	£3,520,000
2019	127 grants	£2,465,225
2018	97 grants	£1,515,000
2017	86 grants	£1,385,500
2016	79 grants	£1,081,400
2015	79 grants	£853,000
2014	66 grants	£660,500
2013	59 grants	£555,000