Burden Trust - St Gennys

Analysis

Burden Trust - St Gennys is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bude. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Burden Trust - St Gennys reported income of £12k and spending of £16k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £12k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Burden Trust - St Gennys sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanteg Village Hall (£12k), Friends of Conifers Primary School Association (£12k) and Memorial Hall and Playing Fields - Middleton Cheney (£12k).