The Bolel Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bolel Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Bolel Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £37k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £44k to £37k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bolel Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Casa Reom Trust (£37k), The Great Yarmouth Relief-In-Need Trust (£37k) and The Forebridge Charity (£37k).