High Trees Community Development Trust

Analysis

High Trees Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03573630). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, High Trees Community Development Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £1.9m (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, High Trees Community Development Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St George's Community Children's Project Limited (£1.9m), D T F Limited (£1.9m) and Pilton House Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 2.5% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.