Bishop Nikolai Fund

Analysis

Bishop Nikolai Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bishop Nikolai Fund reported income of £223k and spending of £71k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £163k to £223k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Bishop Nikolai Fund sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ypf Trust (£223k), The Van Neste Foundation (£224k) and The Roselands Trust (£223k).