Potter Heigham Trust Fund

Analysis

Potter Heigham Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Potter Heigham Trust Fund reported income of £27k and spending of £20k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £27k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Potter Heigham Trust Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ainsdale Evangelical Church Trust (£27k), Common Pasture (Exclusive of the Clare Educational Foundation) (£27k) and Churchover Relief in Need Charity (£27k).