The Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £61k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £45k to £64k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund (£63k), St Mary's Fund, Salisbury (£64k) and Goodnews Community Outreach (£63k).