Global Horizons Trust

Analysis

Global Horizons Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugby. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05301550). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Global Horizons Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £149k, spending 268% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £228k to £56k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 238% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Global Horizons Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Wales Search and Rescue Team (£56k), Cheadle Village Hall Association (£56k) and Society for the Relief of Distress (£56k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.