The Hancocks Trust

Analysis

The Hancocks Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Hancocks Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £74k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £33k to £45k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 259% 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 Hancocks Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Ways Foundation (£45k), Ichthus People Association (£45k) and Bridge of Hope Foundation (£45k).