The Esther Hennell Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Esther Hennell Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1970, 56 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 Esther Hennell Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £25k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £15k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 186% 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 Esther Hennell Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gigglemug Charitable Trust (£15k), The VI and Maurice Webster Charitable Settlement (£15k) and Chideock Village Hall (£15k).

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.