Forman Hardy Charitable Trust

Analysis

Forman Hardy Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Forman Hardy Charitable Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £107k, spending 257% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £18k to £42k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 472% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Forman Hardy Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yafa Foundation (£42k), St Edith Hall (£42k) and Ty Croeso (Ystradgynlais and District) Ltd (£42k).

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.