The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1994, 32 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, The Alison Hillman Charitable Trust reported income of £518k and spending of £572k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £545k to £518k (-4.9%), an average of -1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Alison Hillman Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Linder Foundation (£518k), Eversheds Sutherland (International) Charitable Trust (£519k) and The Utley Family Charitable Trust (£516k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 47% of spending and raising funds 52%. Grants to other organisations totalled £268k. Reserves of £14.1m would cover about 292 months of spending at that rate.