The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06025028). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust reported income of £2.8m and spending of £3.3m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £2.8m (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation for Calderdale (£2.8m), The Sequoia Trust (£2.9m) and The Honeypot Children's Charity (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 39% of spending and raising funds 58%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. It employed 8 people.

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.