Belvedere Trust

Analysis

Belvedere Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03868725). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Belvedere Trust reported income of £773k and spending of £985k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £443k to £773k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 324%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Belvedere Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soft Touch Arts Limited (£773k), The British Transplantation Society (£774k) and Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring Limited (£772k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82% and trading 18%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £410k. Reserves of £10.6m would cover about 112 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.