The Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust

Analysis

The Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2012, 14 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 April 2025, The Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £12k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £20k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Robarts Charitable Trust (£20k), Rearsby Village Hall (£20k) and The L and R Tanner Foundation (£20k).