The Hartley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hartley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in February 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hartley Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £75k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £69k to £67k (-2.6%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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 Hartley Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bryce Institute (£67k), John Sykes Foundation (£67k) and Stamford Foodbank (£67k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.