The Houston Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Houston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Houston Charitable Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £79k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £62k to £77k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Houston Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Melrose Christian Fellowship (£77k), The Tea Project (£77k) and Bread of Life International Ministries (£77k).