The Bishopstone Trust

Analysis

The Bishopstone Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bishopstone Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Bishopstone Trust sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gower Trust (£16k), Sir John E. Monson Bede House Charity (£16k) and The Almshouses (£16k).

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.