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BERKSHIRE NURSES AND RELIEF IN SICKNESS TRUST

Registered charity 205274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE NURSES TRUST

To provide financial assistance for those in need through sickness or disability. Applicants must be resident within area of benefit referrals are not accepted direct from members of the public - only from the statutory authorities.

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

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,832,408, with unrestricted funds held at £127,209. The charity reported a small net expenditure of £46 against investment income of £101,653, resulting in a slight decrease in unrestricted reserves. The trustees maintain reserves to cover administration and grant expenditure, noting that the level of reserves is maintained by the income generated from investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining the level of reserves (held: £127k)
“The Trust's policy is to award grants as well as covering administration expenditure up to the amount of income generated by the Trust's investments, therefore maintaining the level of reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£102k£102k
31/03/2024£92k£45k
31/03/2023£83k£44k
31/03/2022£68k£43k
31/03/2021£59k£49k

Common questions

Is BERKSHIRE NURSES AND RELIEF IN SICKNESS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,832,408, with unrestricted funds held at £127,209. The charity reported a small net expenditure of £46 against investment income of £101,653, resulting in a slight decrease in unrestricted reserves. The trustees maintain reserves to cover administration and grant expenditure, noting that the level of reserves is maintained by the income generated from investments. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES4£582k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£4k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£38k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES1£11k
GREATGREEN LIMITED1£10k
The Keith Howard Foundation1£10k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Berkshire Healthcare Charity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERKSHIRE NURSES AND RELIEF IN SICKNESS TRUST£102k—0unclear—no doubt
Berkshire Healthcare Charity FY2025£641k—0above—no doubt
THE BENENDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£303k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD DISTRICT CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNSLEY HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£831k—0above—no doubt

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