The Hippodrome Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hippodrome Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2023, 3 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hippodrome Charitable Trust reported income of £166k and spending of £243k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £334k to £166k (-50%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Hippodrome 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Accomplishment Trust (£166k), Aspen Trust (£166k) and Bourne and District Round Table Charitable Trust (£166k).