The Box Moor Trust

Analysis

The Box Moor Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hemel Hempstead. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Box Moor Trust reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £736k to £2.7m (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Box Moor Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Activate Community and Education Services (£2.7m), Halow Project (£2.7m) and People for Animal Care Trust (Pact) (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62% and investments 36%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £18.7m would cover about 83 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.