Herapath-Shenton Trust

Analysis

Herapath-Shenton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in August 1991, 35 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 July 2025, Herapath-Shenton Trust reported income of £71k and spending of £489k, spending 689% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £45k to £71k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 218% 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, Herapath-Shenton Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The P Y N and B Hyams Trust (£71k), Thatchers Foundation (£71k) and The Joan Mary Woodham Hurrell Trust (£71k).