Berkeley Parochial Trust

Analysis

Berkeley Parochial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dursley. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Berkeley Parochial Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £5,030, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £9,585 to £17k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Berkeley Parochial Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highway Christian Church (£17k), Churches for Tunbridge Wells (£17k) and Rotary Club of Southport Trust Fund (£17k).