The Harrow Development Trust

Analysis

The Harrow Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Harrow Development Trust reported income of £7.1m and spending of £7.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £10.1m to £7.1m (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Harrow Development Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Astronomical Society (£7.1m), St Edward's School (£7.1m) and Bishopsgate School Limited (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £113k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £135k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.

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.