The Hervey Benham Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hervey Benham Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in May 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Hervey Benham Charitable Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £65k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £35k to £55k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Hervey Benham Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Harris (£55k), Blackburn Musical Theatre Company (£55k) and Sound Sense (£55k).