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The Charlotte Aitken Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about The Charlotte Aitken Trust?
Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31
£174,577
Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31
£519,936
Registered charity number
1187395
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
291 Gray's Inn Road
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
The Charlotte Aitken Trust (number 1187395) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Charlotte Aitken Trust do?
To advance the education of the public in the subject of literature.To promote the creative arts for the public benefit, especially literature, whether fiction, nonfiction,drama or poetry.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Charlotte Aitken Trust
Answers The Charlotte Aitken Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Charlotte Aitken Trust's highest-paid staff paid?
The Charlotte Aitken Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record The Charlotte Aitken Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
The Charlotte Aitken Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Scotland · Northern Ireland
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Other Finance; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research; Other Charitable Activities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Charlotte Aitken Trust registered for?
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Charlotte Aitken Trust yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Charlotte Aitken Trust.
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The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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Is The Charlotte Aitken Trust a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Charlotte Aitken Trust as a registered charity (number 1187395) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Charlotte Aitken Trust's charity number?
The Charlotte Aitken Trust's charity number is 1187395. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1187395?
Search 1187395 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Charlotte Aitken Trust do?
To advance the education of the public in the subject of literature.To promote the creative arts for the public benefit, especially literature, whether fiction, nonfiction,drama or poetry.
Does The Charlotte Aitken Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Charlotte Aitken Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Charlotte Aitken Trust?
The Charlotte Aitken Trust does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is The Charlotte Aitken Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Charlotte Aitken Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Charlotte Aitken Trust?
The register does not record The Charlotte Aitken Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Charlotte Aitken Trust's trustees paid?
The Charlotte Aitken Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Charlotte Aitken Trust registered as a charity?
The Charlotte Aitken Trust was entered on the register on 15 January 2020.