The Bendrigg Support Trust

Analysis

The Bendrigg Support Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bendrigg Support Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £55k, spending 397% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,899 to £14k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 375% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Bendrigg Support Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brockenhurst Group Riding for the Disabled Association (£14k), Green Bean Trust (£14k) and North Reddish Community Association (£14k).

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.