British Charity Fund - Berne

Analysis

British Charity Fund - Berne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vevey. It was registered in June 1969, 57 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 and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Charity Fund - Berne reported income of £39k and spending of £73k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36k to £39k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Charity Fund - Berne sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yellowstripe Foundation (£39k), Barts and the London Alumni Association Benevolent Fund (£39k) and The Aysanew Kassa Trust (£39k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.