Bickerstaffe Education Trust

Analysis

Bickerstaffe Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bickerstaffe Education Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £14k to £11k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bickerstaffe Education Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crayke C E School Fund (£11k), Friends of Warden Park Primary (£11k) and Ghyllside School Parent Teacher Association (£11k).