Halle Endowment Trust

Analysis

Halle Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Halle Endowment Trust reported income of £288k and spending of £406k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £206k to £288k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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, Halle Endowment Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canal Museum Trust (£288k), Islington Music Workshop Limited (£288k) and The Charles Wallace India Trust (£288k).

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.