Friends of Hec Charitable Trust

Analysis

Friends of Hec Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 43 Parker Street. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of Hec Charitable Trust reported income of £806k and spending of £722k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £693k to £806k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Hec Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Heroes Education Foundation (£806k), Villiers Park Educational Trust (£806k) and Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (£804k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £716k.