The Burdett Trust for Nursing

Analysis

The Burdett Trust for Nursing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2001, 25 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 04306248). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Burdett Trust for Nursing reported income of £848k and spending of £5.4m, spending 639% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £841k to £848k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 458% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Burdett Trust for Nursing sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vale Wildlife Hospital (£848k), Patient Safety Learning (£849k) and Sangat Trust (£848k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.2m. Reserves of £84.2m would cover about 180 months of spending at that rate.

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.