The Halbard Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Halbard Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Halbard Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £29k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,163 to £19k (+202%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 6472%. Over the whole period it spent 278% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Halbard Charitable Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Martineau School Trust (£19k), Christian Care and Share (£19k) and Wrexham and District Relief in Need Charity (£19k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.