Worshipful Company of Basketmakers 2011 Charitable Trust

Analysis

Worshipful Company of Basketmakers 2011 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 2011, 15 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 March 2025, Worshipful Company of Basketmakers 2011 Charitable Trust reported income of £176k and spending of £180k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £176k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 48% 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, Worshipful Company of Basketmakers 2011 Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Watson Foundation (£176k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wombourne (£177k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul Ormskirk (£176k).