The Henry Bell Trust

Analysis

The Henry Bell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Henry Bell Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £22k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £17k to £17k (+1.0%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Henry Bell Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilton and District Thursday Club (£17k), Ninetyfold Foundation (£17k) and The Nicholas Joels Charitable Trust (£17k).

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.