THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING

Registered charity 1089849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSES, THE BURDETT TRUST LIMITED

Grant Making Charity

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£4.4m

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,157,085 before investment gains of £5,892,328, resulting in a net increase in funds. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £82,034,196 are sufficient to allow the charity to be managed efficiently, and the auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to allow the charity to be managed efficiently (held: £82.0m)

“The review concluded that there were sufficient reserves to allow the charity to be managed efficiently. This policy will be reviewed on an annual basis.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rathbones Trust Company Limited acted as company secretary and admin provider.

“A total of £476,640 were payable to Rathbones Trust Company Limited in the year for secretarial and administration fees (2023: £529,219). Of the £476,640 payable, £396,840 related to Burdett Trust for Nursing and £79,800 for Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund.” — page 29

“The Trustee, Dame Christine Beasley, is a non-executive director of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. During the year a grant of £124,727 (2023 £100,000) was paid to Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where Trustee Dame Christine Beasley is a non-executive director.

“A total of £476,640 were payable to Rathbones Trust Company Limited in the year for secretarial and administration fees (2023: £529,219). Of the £476,640 payable, £396,840 related to Burdett Trust for Nursing and £79,800 for Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund.” — page 29

“The Trustee, Dame Christine Beasley, is a non-executive director of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. During the year a grant of £124,727 (2023 £100,000) was paid to Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Evy Hambro is an employee of BlackRock, which manages investments for the Trust.

“A total of £476,640 were payable to Rathbones Trust Company Limited in the year for secretarial and administration fees (2023: £529,219). Of the £476,640 payable, £396,840 related to Burdett Trust for Nursing and £79,800 for Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund.” — page 29

“The Trustee, Dame Christine Beasley, is a non-executive director of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. During the year a grant of £124,727 (2023 £100,000) was paid to Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£4.4m

Cost of raising funds

£173k

Reserves (reported)

£82.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~224.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN GIBBSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW EVERARD MARTIN SMITH · trustee of 2 other charities
ANDREW GIBBS
AUDREY ARDERN-JONES
DAME CHRISTINE BEASLEY DBE
Dame Donna Kinnair
David Julian Martin Smith
Evy Piers George Hambro · trustee of 1 other charity
Janice Stevens CBE
Rachael Marguerite Corser

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Jamaica · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.2m	£4.4m
31/12/2023	£1.3m	£4.0m
31/12/2022	£851k	£5.3m
31/12/2021	£841k	£4.1m
31/12/2020	£1.3m	£5.6m

Common questions

Is THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,157,085 before investment gains of £5,892,328, resulting in a net increase in funds. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £82,034,196 are sufficient to allow the charity to be managed efficiently, and the auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£1.5m
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION	1	£55k
M O CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£15k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BNJC.

BNJC income £4.1m
THE BURFORD TRUST income £111k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £430k
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BNJC FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURFORD TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY FY2025	£430k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.