Bewick Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bewick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bewick Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £4,605, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bewick Charitable Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church Lands (£12k), The Broadlands Fund (£12k) and The Amc Financial Hardship Foundation (£12k).