The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £30k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £23k to £21k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.
Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penn Singers (£21k), St Just-In-Roseland Parish War Memorial Hall (£21k) and The K Blundell Trust (£21k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The objects of the Charity are wide and the Trustees may pay, or apply, both income and capital for such charitable purposes as they, in their absolute discretion, see fit. The Trust does, however, promote and give particular support to music education in state schools in the old county of Avon.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Penn Singers | Wolverhampton | £21k |
| St Just-In-Roseland Parish War Memorial Hall | Truro | £21k |
| The K Blundell Trust | London | £21k |
| Bromley Barbershop Harmony Club | Kent | £21k |