Tollemache (Buckminster) Charitable Trust

Analysis

Tollemache (Buckminster) Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grantham. It was registered in August 1976, 50 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, Tollemache (Buckminster) Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £41k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £39k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Tollemache (Buckminster) Charitable 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whelnetham Community Centre (£39k), Newbridge Charitable Foundation (£39k) and Claverdon Fields Charitable Trust (£39k).