Smith Bradbeer Charitable Trust

Analysis

Smith Bradbeer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romsey. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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, Smith Bradbeer Charitable Trust reported income of £175k and spending of £132k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £175k (+556%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Smith Bradbeer Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Crowded House Collective (£175k), Freshfire Trust (£175k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Lawrence with St Nicholas, York (£175k).