The Bell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in May 2021, 5 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bell Charitable Trust reported income of £254k and spending of £1,856, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £105k to £254k (+142%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 1289711%. Over the whole period it spent 22% 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 Bell Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fort Foundation (£254k), The Dinswade Trust (£254k) and The Hamilton Davies Trust (£253k).