The Biddestone Trust

Analysis

The Biddestone Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Biddestone Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £140k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £91k to £127k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Biddestone Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary de Haura, New Shoreham (£127k), High Street Baptist Church (£127k) and Presbyterian Church of Ghana - Victory Congregation (UK) (£127k).

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.