The Henhurst Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Henhurst Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Henhurst Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £45k, spending 279% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £30k to £16k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 476% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Henhurst Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church Stretton Consolidated Charities (£16k), Hyndburn Comets Majorette Troupe (£16k) and Força - Strength Against Cancer (£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.