The Bascule Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bascule Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Bascule Charitable Trust reported income of £107k and spending of £114k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £72k to £107k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 664%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Bascule Charitable Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gunnercooke Foundation (£107k), Windsor Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£108k) and The Howe Green Trust (£107k).

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.