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The Burma Star Memorial Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1109753WiltshirePoverty relief
Income£107k2025-03-31
Spending£149ksame year
Spent / received81%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctPoverty relief
Registered2005Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Burma Star Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Burma Star Memorial Fund reported income of £107k and spending of £149k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £502k to £107k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Burma Star Memorial Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institution of Structural Engineers Benevolent Fund (£107k), The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund (£107k) and Future-Fit Foundation (£107k).

Income and spending

£0£126k£251k£377k£502k2021 Income: £502,2762021 Spending: £242,12120212022 Income: £68,1732022 Spending: £181,93820222023 Income: £127,2482023 Spending: £104,67620232024 Income: £168,3872024 Spending: £108,52420242025 Income: £107,4842025 Spending: £149,3752025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the education of people who are in need of financial assistance and who come from those Commonwealth and Allied countries that contributed service men and women to the Burma Campaign.To establish and maintain memorials in remembrance of those who served in the Campaign.

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The Institution of Structural Engineers Benevolent FundLondon£107k
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Future-Fit FoundationHertfordshire£107k
The Victoria Cross and George Cross AssociationLondon£108k