Transform Trade

Registered charity 1048752 · since 1995transform-trade.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

  • Transform Trade's stated sectors are farming, tea and fashion, and it supports producer groups that treat people well and pay fairly, or that find innovative ways to protect the planet and work sustainably.
  • A farmers' group or social enterprise working in those areas is the kind of organisation it says it seeks out.
  • The annual report gave no readable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so there is no basis for setting a realistic request size, and it is worth asking the funder what it might consider.
  • No application process is published, and it describes seeking out groups and then asking how it can best support them, so an introductory conversation may matter more than a cold written application.
  • Timing and how competitive its giving is are not stated.

Overview

Transform Trade is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1048752).

Transform Trade is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It was set up as the charitable arm of the pioneering fair trade business Traidcraft Plc and was known as Traidcraft Exchange. It challenges injustice in trade and works with poor and vulnerable people to help them get a fair share of the rewards. Today it works in three sectors: tea, fashion and farming.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Transform Trade makes grants alongside partnerships and advocacy to support producer organisations and mission-led enterprises. It seeks out farmers’ groups, social enterprises and local NGOs conducting transformative work in their communities, helping them build strong businesses and influence trading systems so everyone benefits. Its stated sectors are farming, tea and fashion. It supports producer groups that treat people well and pay fairly, as well as those finding innovative ways to protect the planet and work sustainably. Its approach combines investment to create long-term community impact with partnership that helps producers build networks, enter markets and improve practices, and advocacy to change systems and influence decisions.

Themes

  • Farming
  • Tea
  • Fashion

Geographic Focus

Priority: Around the world.

How to apply

For its farming work, Transform Trade seeks out farmers’ groups, social enterprises and local NGOs conducting transformative work in their communities, then asks how it can support them best.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • It supports producer groups that treat people well and pay fairly.
  • It supports producers finding innovative ways to protect the planet and work sustainably, even in difficult circumstances.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

  • International

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Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 March 2021£3,825,000£3,336,000—Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022£4,244,000£3,542,000—Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023£3,223,652£4,354,330—Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024£3,377,803£3,922,160—Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025£3,474,812£3,506,584—Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

Other sources

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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