Bournemouth Westminster Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bournemouth Westminster Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bournemouth Westminster Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £85k, spending 321% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £27k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 374% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bournemouth Westminster Charitable Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goshen Light Church (£27k), The Organic Family Foundation (£27k) and Girling & Upcher Educational Charity (£27k).

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.