The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £50k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £52k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kenilworth District Scout Council (£52k), The Crockham Hill Village Hall Trust (£52k) and Deddington Windmill Community Centre (£52k).