The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation reported income of £38k and spending of £45k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £7,172 to £38k (+427%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2026, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 175% 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 Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cresswell Pele Tower (£38k), Hertfordshire Band Academy (£38k) and Westmorland Youth Orchestra (£38k).

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.