The Pauline and Harold Berman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pauline and Harold Berman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 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 April 2025, The Pauline and Harold Berman Charitable Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £167k, spending 350% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £21k to £48k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 412%. Over the whole period it spent 352% 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 and Harold Berman Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robert Armitage Charitable Trust (£48k), Crohn's and Colitis Concern UK (£48k) and The Spanish and Portuguese Jews Home for the Aged (£48k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.