The Bishopthorpe Charitable Partners' Trust

Analysis

The Bishopthorpe Charitable Partners' Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in May 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bishopthorpe Charitable Partners' Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £24k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £62k to £16k (-75%), an average of -75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bishopthorpe Charitable Partners' Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Net International Community Church (£16k), The Shrublands Trust (£16k) and Watoto Trust (£16k).