Biko Bowcott Charitable Trust Foundation

Analysis

Biko Bowcott Charitable Trust Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mirfield. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Biko Bowcott Charitable Trust Foundation reported income of £47k and spending of £70k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £34k to £47k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Biko Bowcott Charitable Trust Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hindu Cultural Resource Centre, Telford (Shri Radha Krishna Temple, Telford) (£47k), Evangelical Brotherhood Church (£47k) and New Covenant Church Abbeywood (£47k).

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.