The Habib University Trust

Analysis

The Habib University Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Habib University Trust reported income of £163k and spending of £241k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £310k to £163k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 215%. Over the whole period it spent 40% 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 Habib University Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strand Community Trust (£163k), Blue Town Remembered (£163k) and Orinoco - the Oxfordshire Scrapstore (£162k).