The Hastings Community Trust

Analysis

The Hastings Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03990390). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Hastings Community Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.9m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Hastings Community Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation (£1.9m), Sand Dams Worldwide Limited (£1.9m) and Shekinah Mission (Plymouth) Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, trading 31% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 28%. Grants to other organisations totalled £34k. Reserves of £159k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.