The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest

Analysis

The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest reported income of £17k and spending of £54k, spending 314% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £17k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 213% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Let Pan Pwint (£17k), Leisure Studies Association (£17k) and Molongi Trust (£17k).

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.