The Helianthus Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Helianthus Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2009, 17 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 July 2025, The Helianthus Charitable Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £73k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £53k to £54k (+1.6%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Helianthus Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The M O G Charitable Trust (£54k), The Southwold Trust (£54k) and 15 Square (£54k).

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.