The Goodhardt Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Goodhardt Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Goodhardt Family Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £151, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,000 to £15k (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Goodhardt Family Charitable Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gospel Advocate Relief Fund (£15k), Richard Smedley's Charity (£15k) and Frank Kingsland's Trust for the Elderly (£15k).