The Hadley Trust

Analysis

The Hadley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hadley Trust reported income of £13.0m and spending of £5.2m, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £13.0m (+644%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hadley Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barts Charity (£13.0m), The Order of St Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus (£13.1m) and St Luke's Hospice Plymouth (£13.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 54% and donations and legacies 46%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.3m. It employed 3 people.