Howard Victor Skan Charitable Trust

Analysis

Howard Victor Skan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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, Howard Victor Skan Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,000 to £10k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1645%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Howard Victor Skan Charitable Trust sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Matthew Walklin's Make a Smile Foundation (£10k), Vicar and Churchwardens of Stoke Holy Cross - Fuel Allotment (£10k) and Credenhill Community Hall (£10k).