The Robert Harlow Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Robert Harlow Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Robert Harlow Charitable Trust reported income of £200k and spending of £200k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £20k to £200k (+889%), an average of +77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 7960%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Robert Harlow Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starling (£200k), Egerton Will Trust (£201k) and Whitchurch Out of School Association (£199k).

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.