The Happy Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Happy Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Happy Charitable Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £68k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £40k to £46k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 154% 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 Happy 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 Burridge Community Association (£46k), Canterbury Masonic Charities Association Limited (£46k) and West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust General Charity (£46k).

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.