The Bishop Radford Trust

Analysis

The Bishop Radford Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bishop Radford Trust reported income of £621k and spending of £880k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £532k to £621k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bishop Radford Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bevan Foundation (£620k), The Grand at Clitheroe Ltd (£621k) and Lifespring (£620k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61% and investments 22%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £561k. Reserves of £34k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.