The Bartimaeus Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Bartimaeus Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2026, The Bartimaeus Charitable Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £77k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £39k to £77k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Bartimaeus Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reformation Charity (£77k), Bolnhurst Stables Trust (£77k) and Friends of Ridgewood Community High School (£77k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Charitable objects (i) The advancement of the Christian religion either in the UK or Overseas (ii) The advancement for the public benefit of religious or other education (iii) The relief of the aged, poor, sick or disabled, in particular the blind. The primary objective of the Charity is to support The Sharp Memorial School for the Blind, Rajpur, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Reformation Charity | London | £77k |
| Bolnhurst Stables Trust | Bedford | £77k |
| Friends of Ridgewood Community High School | Burnley | £77k |
| Missionary Sisters of the Gospel | Holyhead | £77k |