Bird Song Trust

Analysis

Bird Song Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Bird Song Trust reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.4m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £324 to £2.4m (+747791%), an average of +830% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 15123505%. Over the whole period it spent 5.8% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bird Song Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Lakes Outreach (£2.4m), Bluecoat Sports (£2.4m) and Peacehaven House (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £130.1m would cover about 646 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.