The Richard Budenberg Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Budenberg Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 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 March 2025, The Richard Budenberg Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £1,843, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,679 to £14k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1942%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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 Richard Budenberg Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Besom (Dorking) (£14k), Rayleigh Royal Naval Association (£14k) and Ashprington Village Hall (£14k).