The Vermeer Partners Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Vermeer Partners Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Vermeer Partners Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £15k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £29k to £26k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Vermeer Partners Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arsha Kula Foundation (£26k), Oxenhope Community Association (£26k) and Rotary Club of Nottingham Trust Fund (£26k).