Hedgcock Bequest

Analysis

Hedgcock Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove Town Hall. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hedgcock Bequest reported income of £44k and spending of £44k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £44k to £44k (+0.3%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Hedgcock Bequest sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancaster Hall (£44k), Rotary Club of Milton Keynes Charitable Trust Fund (£44k) and The Rushworth Foundation (£44k).

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.