The Hosking House Trust

Analysis

The Hosking House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hosking House Trust reported income of £433k and spending of £27k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £433k (+1239%), an average of +91% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 2494%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Hosking House Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ely Foodbank (£432k), Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux (£433k) and Refugee Biriyani & Bananas (£432k).