The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £74k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £46k to £51k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sea Meadow Trust (£51k), The Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust (£51k) and The Ani-Mel Haven (£51k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.