St Bega Charitable Trust

Analysis

St Bega Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keswick. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Bega Charitable Trust reported income of £276k and spending of £261k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £276k (+1103%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 961%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St Bega Charitable Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include ADHD North West (£276k), Local Aid for Children and Community Special Needs (£276k) and People First Dorset (£276k).