The R T Hurst Charitable Trust

Analysis

The R T Hurst Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in April 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The R T Hurst Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+8.1%), an average of +2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The R T Hurst Charitable Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal London Hospital Kidney Patients' Association (£12k), Violet-Grace's Gift (£12k) and Hope for All Trust (£12k).