British Education & Support Trust (B.e.s.t.)

Analysis

British Education & Support Trust (B.e.s.t.) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Education & Support Trust (B.e.s.t.) reported income of £50k and spending of £22k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £74k to £50k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Education & Support Trust (B.e.s.t.) sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God - Fragrance of Life Connections (£50k), The Green Hat Foundation (£50k) and Saffron Walden United Charities (£50k).