The Edwin and Joyce Hill Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edwin and Joyce Hill Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in November 1978, 48 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 2026, The Edwin and Joyce Hill Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £26k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £19k to £17k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Edwin and Joyce Hill Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leslie Bibby Fund (£17k), The JFR Charitable Trust (£17k) and Carleen Village Hall (£17k).

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.