Bayfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bayfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bayfield Charitable Trust reported income of £292k and spending of £221k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £164k to £292k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Bayfield Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imagine Foundation (£289k), Stroud Vintage Transport and Engine Club Ltd (£293k) and Banham Foundation Limited (£286k).