The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1974, 52 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 Paul Bassham Charitable Trust reported income of £425k and spending of £530k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £346k to £425k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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 Paul Bassham Charitable Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Neumark Foundation (£422k), Fitzgerald Family Foundation (£425k) and Handspark Charitable Trust (£420k).

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.