The Bede Griffiths Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bede Griffiths Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Epping. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bede Griffiths Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £58k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £55k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Bede Griffiths 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 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Link with Emmanuel Christian Fellowship (£55k), Bedazzle (£55k) and Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue (£55k).