The Harding Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Harding Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 1995, 31 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 June 2026, The Harding Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £21k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £18k to £21k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Harding Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hyman Winstone Foundation (£21k), Dunsford Village Hall (£21k) and Miel de Botton Charitable Trust (£21k).