The Hananiah Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hananiah Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witney. It was registered in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Hananiah Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £20k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £73k to £16k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Hananiah Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salaam Shalom Kitchen (£16k), Clark Charitable Trust (£16k) and The Mansoojat Foundation (£16k).

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.