The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust

Analysis

The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sevenoaks. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust reported income of £87k and spending of £131k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £134k to £87k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kehal Munkatch Ltd (£87k), Dr Richard Solomons' Charitable Trust (£87k) and End Furniture Poverty Foundation (£87k).