Hinton Bequest Fund

Analysis

Hinton Bequest Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whyteleafe. It was registered in August 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hinton Bequest Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hinton Bequest Fund sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bletchingley United Charities (£13k), Masokun Mo (Weep No More) (£13k) and The Reverend William Batley Almshouse Charity (£13k).

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.