The Hendonian Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hendonian Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Hendonian Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,500 to £13k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Hendonian Charitable Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include DKH Foundation (£12k), Wallingford Relief in Need Charity (£13k) and 9th Erith Air Scout Group (£12k).