The Independent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Independent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Independent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable Trust reported income of £68k and spending of £60k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £2,940 to £68k (+2218%), an average of +119% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 768%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Independent Baldock Beer Festival 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thomas Longley Charity (£68k), The Birshan Charitable Trust (£68k) and Brionys Gift (£68k).