The Hugh Mumford Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hugh Mumford Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 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 October 2025, The Hugh Mumford Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £40k to £1.2m (+2896%), an average of +134% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 657%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Hugh Mumford 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mordaunt Foundation (£1.2m), Bedworth, Rugby and Nuneaton Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.2m) and The Stewarts Law Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62% and investments 5.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £339k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.