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Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 802552UKGrant-making and general purposes
Income£157k2026-04-05
Spending£168ksame year
Spent / received126%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1990Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in UK. It was registered in January 1990, 36 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 2026, Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £168k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £139k to £157k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cathy Wills Charitable Trust (£156k), City Arts Newbury (£157k) and Ummah Help (£156k).

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

£0£70k£139k£209k£279k2022 Income: £138,8342022 Spending: £116,25920222023 Income: £159,2902023 Spending: £229,13620232024 Income: £159,1142024 Spending: £164,65820242025 Income: £146,3442025 Spending: £278,72120252026 Income: £156,7032026 Spending: £168,2502026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Trustees usually only award Grants to Charitable Organisations based in Bedfordshire or for work in Bedfordshire. Priority will be given to grants for capital projects and not for running costs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Cathy Wills Charitable TrustLondon£156k
City Arts NewburyNewbury£157k
Ummah HelpBirmingham£156k
Cricklade United CharitySwindon£157k