Bernays Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bernays Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bernays Charitable Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £27k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,324 to £18k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bernays Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Carlton Trust Fund (£18k), The Lyons Trust (£18k) and The Royal Air Forces Association - Worthing Branch (£18k).