E F Bulmer Trust

Analysis

E F Bulmer Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, E F Bulmer Trust reported income of £509k and spending of £558k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £396k to £509k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, E F Bulmer Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sussex Snowdrop Trust (£509k), The Marie Celeste Samaritan Society (£510k) and Together Against Cancer (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 83% and charitable activities 17%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 7.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £350k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.