Horizon Life Training

Analysis

Horizon Life Training is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in February 2010, 16 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06995906). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Horizon Life Training reported income of £241k and spending of £292k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £235k to £241k (+2.6%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Horizon Life Training sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stockport Foodbank (£241k), Croydon Islamic Community Trust (£241k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen`s, Shottermill (£241k).

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.