The Hillcote Trust

Analysis

The Hillcote Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1972, 54 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 Hillcote Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £145k, spending 1192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £15k to £12k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 655% 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 Hillcote Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Perranzabuloe Improvements Committee (£12k), Yateley Neighbourcare (£12k) and Alvescot Village Hall (£12k).

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.