Hawthorne Trust Limited

Analysis

Hawthorne Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartford. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00293710). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Hawthorne Trust Limited reported income of £285k and spending of £431k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £285k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Hawthorne Trust Limited sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hillier Almshouses (£285k), Sgyh (£286k) and Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses (£284k).

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.