Bideford Round Table Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bideford Round Table Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bideford Round Table Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,993 to £14k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 327%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Bideford Round Table Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLWB Hapus Henllan (£14k), Rugeley and District Lions Club (CIO) (£14k) and Farnsfield St Michaels Parent & Staff Association (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.