The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £82k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £60k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 190% 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 Andrew Balint Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust (£60k), Community Association of Portslade( South ) (£60k) and Oasis Relief (£60k).

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.