The Linda and Gordon Bonnyman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Linda and Gordon Bonnyman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06547947). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Linda and Gordon Bonnyman Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £51k, spending 425% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,140 to £12k (+463%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 256%. Over the whole period it spent 1196% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Linda and Gordon Bonnyman Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bampton Welfare Trust (£12k), Yaxham Parish Charity (£12k) and The Clayson Williams Charitable Trust (£12k).

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.