The Hawthorne Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hawthorne Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. 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 Hawthorne Charitable Trust reported income of £242k and spending of £496k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £159k to £242k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 192% 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 Hawthorne Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Why Me? UK (£242k), Karin Brass Memorial Fund (£244k) and The Laws Foundation (£240k).

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.