Holly Trust

Analysis

Holly Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Holly Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £41k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £29k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Holly Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fatimid Foundation (£29k), Mablethorpe Community Hall (£29k) and Metcalfe Smith Trust CIO (£29k).