Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust

Analysis

Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £101k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £60k to £70k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Henry Robert Bull 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 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Phoenix Trust (£70k), Culpeper Community Garden Association (£70k) and Golden Grove Trust (£70k).