The Hilden Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Hilden Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hilden Charitable Fund reported income of £487k and spending of £1.4m, spending 295% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £405k to £487k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 233% 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, The Hilden Charitable Fund sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kindlink Foundation (£487k), The Kasner Charitable Trust (£487k) and Carers' Hub (£486k).

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.