The Albert Hunt Trust

Analysis

The Albert Hunt Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Albert Hunt Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £10.8m, spending 724% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.5m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 587% 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 Albert Hunt 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 Citizens Advice Nottinghamshire Central and South (£1.5m), Porticus UK (£1.5m) and Age UK West Cumbria (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10.6m. Reserves of £38.0m would cover about 42 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.