The Bridget Espinosa Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Bridget Espinosa Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Bridget Espinosa Memorial Trust reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £4.6m to £4.5m (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bridget Espinosa Memorial Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chartered Institute of Fundraising (£4.4m), The Guildhall School Trust (£4.5m) and St John's Catholic School for the Deaf (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 100%. Reserves of £867k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.