The Hichens Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Hichens Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in October 1992, 34 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Hichens Charitable Settlement reported income of £37k and spending of £22k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £12k to £37k (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, The Hichens Charitable Settlement sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chobham Village Hall (£37k), The Barratt Family Charitable Trust (£37k) and Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust (£37k).