The Ray Harris Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ray Harris Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust reported income of £68k and spending of £68k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £57k to £68k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young at Heart (£68k), Serv Surrey & London (£68k) and Evolution Arts (£68k).