Vernon Robert Bowmer Charitable Trust

Analysis

Vernon Robert Bowmer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belper. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Vernon Robert Bowmer Charitable Trust reported income of £443k and spending of £497k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £1,068 to £443k (+41412%), an average of +351% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 1693%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vernon Robert Bowmer Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sayit (Sheena Amos Youth Trust) (£443k), Trip Community Transport Association (£444k) and Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society (£443k).