Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Analysis

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 December 2025, Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust reported income of £107k and spending of £97k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £76k to £107k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jo's Hope for All (£107k), The Altro Foundation Limited (£107k) and Nettleham Community Hub (£107k).