The Hetton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hetton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2016, 10 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 Hetton Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £124k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £59k to £67k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 135% 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 Hetton Charitable Trust 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woldingham Village Hall (£67k), The Charity Excellence Framework (£67k) and C H Dixon Charitable Trust (£67k).

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.