Harry Birrell Scholarship Trust Limited

Analysis

Harry Birrell Scholarship Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03319229). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Harry Birrell Scholarship Trust Limited reported income of £61k and spending of £44k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £126k to £61k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Harry Birrell Scholarship Trust Limited sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Hywel Dda (£61k), School's Out (£61k) and Friends of Peterhouse (£60k).