Budiriro Trust

Analysis

Budiriro Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burgess Hill. It was registered in September 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Budiriro Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £25k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £25k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Budiriro Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onward Christian Centre (£24k), Tropical Agriculture Association International (£25k) and Just Trust (£24k).

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.