BHS Trust Fund

Analysis

BHS Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, BHS Trust Fund reported income of £72k and spending of £251k, spending 348% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £69k to £72k (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 416% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, BHS Trust Fund sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brent Cultural Centre (£72k), Pure Hearts (£72k) and Chovevei Torah Synagogue (£72k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.