The George Balint Charitable Trust
Analysis
The George Balint Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in January 1961, 65 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 George Balint Charitable Trust reported income of £91k and spending of £63k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £41k to £91k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 George Balint Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Angor (£91k), Heart for India (£91k) and Nottingham J Care (£91k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The principal objects of the trust are to provide charitable donations to any body of persons established for charitable purposes, to individuals to assist them in the meeting of expenses of their own or their children's education and to individuals whose circumstances are so straightened as to come within the legal definition of povety.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Angor | Dyfed | £91k |
| Heart for India | Cambridgeshire | £91k |
| Nottingham J Care | Nottingham | £91k |
| The Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People | Harrow | £91k |