Boodles Charitable Trust

Analysis

Boodles Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Boodles Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £872k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £120k to £1.2m (+944%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1170%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Boodles Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carers Centre (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) (£1.2m), Easton Community Childrens Centre Limited (£1.3m) and Learning Space (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 10%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 72 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.