The Drue Heinz Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Drue Heinz Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2017, 9 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 March 2025, The Drue Heinz Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £3.4m, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £720k to £1.5m (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 271% 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 Drue Heinz Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merthyr Tydfil Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.5m), East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Charities (£1.5m) and Porticus UK (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.9m. Reserves of £145.5m would cover about 500 months of spending at that rate.