Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust reported income of £4.2m and spending of £5.9m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £4.2m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 4510%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group (£4.2m), Old Buckenham Hall (Brettenham) Educational Trust Ltd (£4.2m) and Cransley School Limited (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.8m. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate.