William Howarth Charitable Trust

Analysis

William Howarth Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pendle. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, William Howarth Charitable Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £96k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £65k to £70k (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, William Howarth Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Colonel Commandants Fund, Royal Tank Regiment (£70k), Lochlands Trust (£70k) and Founders Combined Charity Income Common Investment Fund (£69k).