The Glass-House Trust

Analysis

The Glass-House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07866189). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Glass-House Trust reported income of £277k and spending of £1.2m, spending 423% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £192k to £277k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 428% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Glass-House Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Midi Music Company (£277k), Art Asia Trust Limited (£277k) and Turf Projects (£277k).

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.