Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust

Analysis

Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £82k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £68k to £106k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shire Oak Charitable Trust (£106k), The Soho Recovery Centre (£106k) and Somali Bravanese Welfare Association in Barnet (£106k).