The Hadfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hadfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Hadfield Charitable Trust reported income of £374k and spending of £434k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £298k to £374k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Hadfield Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Israac Somali Community Association (£374k), Oak Farm Learning and Activities Centre (£375k) and The Island Haven (Treliske) (£374k).

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.