Besson Street Trust

Analysis

Besson Street Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05862134). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Besson Street Trust reported income of £328k and spending of £317k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £400k to £328k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Besson Street Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King/Cullimore Charitable Trust (£327k), Cress (£328k) and Tigers Trust (£327k).