British Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund

Analysis

British Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, British Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund reported income of £81k and spending of £93k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £78k to £81k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 167% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Dietetic Association General and Education Trust Fund sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frank Branston Charitable Trust (£81k), Bennett Lowell Limited (£81k) and The Balint Society (£81k).

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.