The Birchall Trust

Analysis

The Birchall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05424196). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Birchall Trust reported income of £891k and spending of £935k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £411k to £891k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Birchall Trust 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 Solihull Carers Centre (£890k), The CO Research Trust (£891k) and Child's i Foundation (£890k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 2.9% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £386k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.