The M T and S D Burton Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The M T and S D Burton Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The M T and S D Burton Charitable Settlement reported income of £78k and spending of £92k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £83k to £78k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 M T and S D Burton Charitable Settlement sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Macdaibhidh Charitable Trust (£78k), The Royal Tunbridge Wells Round Table Charitable Trust (£78k) and The Beeching Trust (£78k).

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.