Hodnet Consolidated Eleemosynary Charities

Analysis

Hodnet Consolidated Eleemosynary Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Drayton. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hodnet Consolidated Eleemosynary Charities reported income of £41k and spending of £21k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £41k (-96%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Hodnet Consolidated Eleemosynary Charities 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meadow Primary School PTA (£41k), Merosworld Foundation (£41k) and 89th Leicester 1st Houghton Scout Group (£41k).