Haig Housing Trust

Analysis

Haig Housing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06593129). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Haig Housing Trust reported income of £16.5m and spending of £21.4m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26.8m to £16.5m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Haig Housing Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Anne's Hostel (£16.4m), The Principal and Fellows of the College of the Lady Margaret in the University of Oxford (£16.7m) and YMCA Downslink Group (£16.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £6.6m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.

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.