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THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 281045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Activities

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Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £1,055,929 for the year ended 5 April 2025, primarily driven by investment revaluation losses of £1,041,133. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,192,392. The charity employs no staff and incurs no significant overhead expenses, relying instead on investment income to fund charitable grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not necessary to maintain levels of general reserves (held: £1.2m)
“The charity does not have any significant overhead expenses and does not have any employees. For this reason, it is not necessary to maintain levels of general reserves to meet such expenses.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£74k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~201.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£129k£149k
05/04/2024£115k£126k
05/04/2023£77k£122k
05/04/2022£84k£132k
05/04/2021£1.2m£74k

Common questions

Is THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net deficit of £1,055,929 for the year ended 5 April 2025, primarily driven by investment revaluation losses of £1,041,133. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,192,392. The charity employs no staff and incurs no significant overhead expenses, relying instead on investment income to fund charitable grants. 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
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST1£590k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST£129k—0above—no doubt
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£139k—0above—no doubt
The Musk-Burton Family Trust FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£222k—0above—no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
J O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£195k—0unclear—no doubt

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