The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £84k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £60k to £55k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 149% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sarah and Patrick Wills Foundation (£55k), The Mayor of Peterborough's Charity Fund (£55k) and The Plymouth Astor Trust (VHS) (£55k).

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.