THE BURFORD TRUST

Registered charity 1093523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Funded from private donations

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,509,890, with unrestricted reserves held at the same amount. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are sufficient to enable activities to continue for twelve months without additional funds, and there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash to pay one year's grants (held: £4.5m)

“the trustees intention is that there should always be sufficient cash to pay one year's grants.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £21k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elaine Kirkland Padwick · trustee of 5 other charities
George GRANT
George GRANT
James GRANT Mr
MR A J DALE · trustee of 6 other charities
SUSAN ELVIRA BISHOP

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£111k	£129k
30/06/2024	£106k	£129k
30/06/2023	£107k	£25k
30/06/2022	£125k	£137k
30/06/2021	£86k	£133k

Common questions

Is THE BURFORD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,509,890, with unrestricted reserves held at the same amount. The trustees confirm that cash reserves are sufficient to enable activities to continue for twelve months without additional funds, and there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£370k
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £618k
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING income £1.2m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD income £486k
THE BORZELLO TRUST income £350k
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £430k
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BURFORD TRUST	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£618k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING FY2024	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD FY2024	£486k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BORZELLO TRUST FY2025	£350k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£430k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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