The Howard Bulmer Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Howard Bulmer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Howard Bulmer Charitable Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £41k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £48k to £63k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 44% 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 Howard Bulmer Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mayor of Merton's Charitable Trust (£63k), The Watson Hope Foundation (£63k) and The Peter Norrie Charitable Foundation CIO (£62k).