Marshal Beresford's Fund

Analysis

Marshal Beresford's Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1977, 49 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Marshal Beresford's Fund reported income of £109k and spending of £148k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £113k to £109k (-3.4%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Marshal Beresford's Fund sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitton Baptist Church (£109k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicolas, Nuneaton (£109k) and Christians Aware (£109k).

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.