The Burkitt Scholarship Fund

Analysis

The Burkitt Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Burkitt Scholarship Fund reported income of £54k and spending of £32k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £58k to £54k (-5.4%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Burkitt Scholarship Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (£54k), Devonport High School for Girls Development Fund (£54k) and Aldryngton County Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£54k).