Mark Burrell's 1988 Charity Trust

Analysis

Mark Burrell's 1988 Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mark Burrell's 1988 Charity Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £44k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £30k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mark Burrell's 1988 Charity Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dartmoor Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy (£30k), The Cricket Asylum Foundation (£30k) and Interim (£30k).

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.