Bergqvist Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bergqvist Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Bergqvist Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £48k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £44k to £40k (-7.9%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bergqvist Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richard's Castle Village Hall (£40k), Centre for Christian Care and Counselling (£40k) and Fabric Foundation Ltd (£40k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.