The Bingham Trust

Analysis

The Bingham Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bingham Trust reported income of £158k and spending of £224k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £123k to £158k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Bingham Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rahere Association (£158k), Ministry of Enlightenment (£158k) and Help Counselling Services CIO (£158k).

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.