Berwick Upon Tweed Corporation (Freemen) Trustees

Analysis

Berwick Upon Tweed Corporation (Freemen) Trustees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Berwick Upon Tweed Corporation (Freemen) Trustees reported income of £783k and spending of £783k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £650k to £783k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Berwick Upon Tweed Corporation (Freemen) Trustees sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre (£783k), Veritas College International (£784k) and Jamia Al-Karam (£783k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 94%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 11%. It employed 1 people.