Hilmarnan Charitable Trust

Analysis

Hilmarnan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keswick. It was registered in June 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Hilmarnan Charitable Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £41k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £34k to £36k (+5.9%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hilmarnan Charitable Trust 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 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Jarrold Trust Ltd (£36k), Rotary Club of Narberth and Whitland Trust Fund (£36k) and Rotary Club of Wadebridge Trust Fund (£36k).

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.