The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 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 October 2025, The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £89k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £79k to £96k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Burges Salmon Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust (£96k), Liverpool Corporation City Justices Poor Fund or the Lord Mayor's No 2 (Charity) Account (£96k) and The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust (£96k).