The Mayor of Hertford's Appeal Fund

Analysis

The Mayor of Hertford's Appeal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in September 1984, 42 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 May 2026, The Mayor of Hertford's Appeal Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £16k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income fell from £13k to £12k (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Mayor of Hertford's Appeal Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joseph and Josephine Slater Charitable Trust (£12k), Clay Hill Charitable Trust (£12k) and The Haddenham Lodge Benevolent Fund (£12k).