The Boltons Trust

Analysis

The Boltons Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1969, 57 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Boltons Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £59k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £24k to £34k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 225% 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 Boltons Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South London Tamil Welfare Group (£34k), Penrith Parish Centre Limited (£34k) and Gujarati Christian Fellowship United Kingdom (£34k).

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.