Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust

Analysis

Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust reported income of £638k and spending of £646k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £712k to £638k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (£637k), Keats - Shelley Memorial Association (Incorporated) (£638k) and Suleymaniye Community Association (£637k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £489k. Reserves of £12.5m would cover about 228 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.