The Bassil Shippam and Alsford Trust

Analysis

The Bassil Shippam and Alsford Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bassil Shippam and Alsford Trust reported income of £164k and spending of £207k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £98k to £164k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bassil Shippam and Alsford Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Yadiran Trust (£164k), Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service (£164k) and Burnhope Community Centre (£164k).

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.