The Harris Lipman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Harris Lipman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Harris Lipman Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 106% of what it took in. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 177% 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 Harris Lipman 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 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Witney Trust Fund (£21k), Maundy Trust (£21k) and Welfare Funerals Trust (£21k).

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.