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The Carnegie Herne Hill Community Trust CIO

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1164005LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£75k2025-12-31
Spending£116ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Carnegie Herne Hill Community Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Carnegie Herne Hill Community Trust CIO reported income of £75k and spending of £116k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £75k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Carnegie Herne Hill Community Trust CIO sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Centre for the Humanities (£75k), Grindon Church Community Project (£75k) and Walkley Community Centre (£75k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£58k£87k£116k2021 Income: £58,3032021 Spending: £9,53720212022 Income: £85,7882022 Spending: £58,92020222023 Income: £69,4552023 Spending: £74,34320232024 Income: £79,7132024 Spending: £74,93720242025 Income: £75,0042025 Spending: £116,2962025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

CCT exists to develop a Community Hub in the Carnegie Library building at Herne Hill, south London, which is a beautiful historic building and a well-loved local landmark. With Lambeth Council support the Trust is working to repurpose the building as a sustainable, multi-use resource for all residents, centred on lifelong learning, arts & entertainment as well as general health & wellbeing.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
London Centre for the HumanitiesCambridge£75k
Grindon Church Community ProjectSunderland£75k
Walkley Community CentreSheffield£75k
Morvah Action for the Community and Arts LimitedCornwall£75k