Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £50k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £950 to £45k (+4643%), an average of +162% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 1419%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cray Valley War Memorial Hall (£45k), The John Parker Charitable Trust (£45k) and Haven Project Liverpool (£45k).