Pennyhooks Farm Trust

Analysis

Pennyhooks Farm Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09931286). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pennyhooks Farm Trust reported income of £597k and spending of £559k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £392k to £597k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Pennyhooks Farm Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth's Coronation Homes (£586k), Benenden Almshouse Charities (£598k) and Amadudu Women's Refuge (£583k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 44% and trading 2.3%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.4%. Reserves of £17k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.