The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2010, 16 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 November 2025, The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust reported income of £110k and spending of £133k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £41k to £110k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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 Pauline Bishop 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 Chestertons International Foundation (£110k), The Dorfman Foundation (£110k) and Stamshaw and Tipner Leisure Centre Association (£109k).

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.