Bearrem Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bearrem Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tadley. It was registered in July 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bearrem Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £52k, spending 424% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £4,172 to £12k (+195%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 210% 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, Bearrem Charitable Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Platts Charity (£12k), Rotary Club of Crook Trust Fund (£12k) and The Jean and David Hill Charitable Trust (£12k).

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.