The British Scholarship Trust (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia)
Analysis
The British Scholarship Trust (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in March 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending August 2025, The British Scholarship Trust (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) reported income of £46k and spending of £33k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to August 2025, income grew from £41k to £46k (+13%), an average of +6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Scholarship Trust (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Italia Conti Trust (£46k), Scarr-Hall Memorial Trust (£46k) and Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (£46k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The charity makes grants to students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia enabling them to study in the UK. Typically the grants are for postgraduate study trips to British universities or other higher education / research institutions and cover living costs and some other expenses for a period of one to three months.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Italia Conti Trust | Surrey | £46k |
| Scarr-Hall Memorial Trust | Isle of Harris | £46k |
| Universities Association for Lifelong Learning | Oxford | £46k |
| John Speak Foundation Foreign Languages Scholarships Trust Fund | Bradford | £46k |