THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1129992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Boparan Charitable Trust aims to help children and young people up to the age of 18, across England and Wales, who are disadvantaged either through poverty, disability or terminal illness.

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

Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£905k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves held at 31 December 2024 were £2,170,564, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet future anticipated demands. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £612,532 for the year, driven by significant growth in donations and trading activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“1 (2023: 1) employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in the year.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient funds in reserves to meet the future anticipated demands on the Trust's resources (held: £2.2m)

“it is the policy of the Trustees to maintain the free reserves (unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets) at a level to provide sufficient funds in reserves to meet the future anticipated demands on the Trust's resources.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from Boparan Events Limited, a company where trustees A Boparan and B K Boparan hold directorships/shareholdings.

“During the year the Trust received a donation of £314,000 (2023: £272,393) from Boparan Events Limited. B K Boparan, a trustee of the charity, is a director and shareholder of Boparan Events Limited and A Boparan is a director of Boparan Events Limited.” — page 20

“During the year, the charity received donations of £8,265 (2023: £Nil) from A Boparan, a Trustee.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from Trustee A Boparan.

“During the year the Trust received a donation of £314,000 (2023: £272,393) from Boparan Events Limited. B K Boparan, a trustee of the charity, is a director and shareholder of Boparan Events Limited and A Boparan is a director of Boparan Events Limited.” — page 20

“During the year, the charity received donations of £8,265 (2023: £Nil) from A Boparan, a Trustee.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from Trustee B K Boparan.

“During the year the Trust received a donation of £314,000 (2023: £272,393) from Boparan Events Limited. B K Boparan, a trustee of the charity, is a director and shareholder of Boparan Events Limited and A Boparan is a director of Boparan Events Limited.” — page 20

“During the year, the charity received donations of £8,265 (2023: £Nil) from A Boparan, a Trustee.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Greggs Foundation — “hosted by the Boparan Charitable Trust and Greggs Foundation, returned to the beautiful North Yorkshire Waterpark last week.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/12/2024)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£905k

Cost of raising funds

£107k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

3

Reported reserves equal ~28.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTONIO BOPARANchair
BALJINDER BOPARAN
Professor Sir KEITH PORTER

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
29/12/2024	£1.5m	£905k
29/12/2023	£872k	£790k
29/12/2022	£594k	£491k
29/12/2021	£153k	£586k
29/12/2020	£295k	£688k

Common questions

Is THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves held at 31 December 2024 were £2,170,564, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet future anticipated demands. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £612,532 for the year, driven by significant growth in donations and trading activities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

Who funds THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	FY2022	£200	General Charitable Purposes

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 BLAKEY FOUNDATION	1	—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITY	1	—
The Ethos Foundation	1	£3.5m
The Caring Family Foundation	1	£410k
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£305k
B&Q Foundation	1	£210k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£152k
QUINTESSENTIALLY FOUNDATION	1	£115k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Boodles Charitable Trust.

Boodles Charitable Trust income £1.2m
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust income £234k
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
THE BRITISH ONCOLOGY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION income £143k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST income £206k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BOPARAN CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.5m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Boodles Charitable Trust FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust FY2025	£234k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ONCOLOGY PHARMACY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£206k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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