The H.o.b. Trust

Analysis

The H.o.b. Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingston upon Thames. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The H.o.b. Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £125k, spending 243% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £233k to £51k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The H.o.b. Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mansfield Building Society Charitable Trust (£51k), Friends of Twickenham Primary Academy (£51k) and The Delman Charitable Trust (£51k).

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.