Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 April 2025, Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory's Charitable Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £90k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £57k to £72k (+27%), an average of +6.2% 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, Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory's Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sri Sambodhi Community Development Foundation (£72k), The Micaiah Trust (£72k) and Grays Baptist Church (£72k).

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.