The Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £147k, spending 497% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £30k (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 451% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chain Lane Community Centre Limited (£29k), Village Hall (£30k) and The Bender Family Trust (£29k).

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.