The Zurbaran Trust

Analysis

The Zurbaran Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07846779). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Zurbaran Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £191k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.0m to £1.1m (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Zurbaran Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include From Babies with Love Foundation (£1.1m), The Story of Christmas (£1.1m) and The Innocent Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £44k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.