The Baker Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Baker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Baker Charitable Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £52k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £122k to £78k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Baker Charitable Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sefton O.p.e.r.a. (£78k), The Mentor Ring (£78k) and Reading Chinese School (£78k).