The Hatch-Barnwell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hatch-Barnwell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hatch-Barnwell Charitable Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £27k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37k to £47k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Hatch-Barnwell Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Igen Trust (£47k), Croston Old School (£47k) and Our Free Minds CIO (£47k).