The Bouttell Bequest

Analysis

The Bouttell Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bouttell Bequest reported income of £89k and spending of £81k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £87k to £89k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Bouttell Bequest sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Masonic Province of Middlesex Charitable Trust (£89k), Trimdon Grange Community Association (£89k) and Robert Bruce Barnes Charitable Trust (£88k).