Hyde Charitable Trust

Analysis

Hyde Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01803707). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hyde Charitable Trust reported income of £343k and spending of £1.2m, spending 347% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.3m to £343k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hyde Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby Children's Seaside Home (£342k), Medina Valley Centre Limited (£343k) and Jubilee Church Maidstone (£342k).

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.