The Balcombe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Balcombe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 Balcombe Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £899k to £1.2m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 Balcombe Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (£1.2m), British Olympic Foundation (£1.2m) and Neotree (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.