The Hargreaves Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hargreaves Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2020, 6 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 February 2026, The Hargreaves Charitable Trust reported income of £169k and spending of £155k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £16k to £169k (+989%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 1796%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Hargreaves Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kanta Foundation (£168k), Pri Mab7 (£169k) and Extra Mile Challenges (£168k).