Hesed Trust

Analysis

Hesed Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Hesed Trust reported income of £108k and spending of £103k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £125k to £108k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hesed Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stakeford and Bomarsund Miner's Welfare Scheme (£108k), Windsor Hill Wood (£108k) and New Life Community Church (South Gillingham) Trust (£108k).