The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust reported income of £271k and spending of £387k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £244k to £271k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Heller Charitable Foundation (£271k), Kiveton Park and Wales Community Development Trust (£271k) and The Blakey Foundation (£271k).

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.