The David and Hilary Grunwerg Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David and Hilary Grunwerg Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The David and Hilary Grunwerg Charitable Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £72k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,323 to £44k (+433%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 339%. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The David and Hilary Grunwerg Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The R V J Cadbury Charitable Trust (£44k), The Edward Ramsden Charitable Trust (£44k) and Yelverton War Memorial Recreation Field and Village Hall Trust (£44k).