The Harriet Burton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Harriet Burton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Harriet Burton Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £20k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £23k to £29k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Harriet Burton Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Synthonia Scout Group (£29k), East Goscote Village Hall (£29k) and Richard Davies Charitable Foundation (£29k).