Covenant Home Trust
Analysis
Covenant Home Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Covenant Home Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £33k to £16k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Covenant Home Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mary Pittis Trust for Women (£16k), Charity of Edward Blagdon (£16k) and Seeds for Development (£16k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Principal activity is the relief of poverty among children in Africa, providing financial support to enable children abandoned or orphaned to have stable family support and opportunities for education and growth
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Pittis Trust for Women | Isle of Wight | £16k |
| Charity of Edward Blagdon | Tiverton | £16k |
| Seeds for Development | Guildford | £16k |
| Matthew Twentyfive Forty Trust | Pevensey | £16k |