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Hgo Trust Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168484LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£176k2025-06-30
Spending£195ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Hgo Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10085558). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hgo Trust Ltd reported income of £176k and spending of £195k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £57k to £176k (+212%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Hgo Trust Ltd 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 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of London Choir (£176k), Kantos Chamber Choir (£176k) and The Guild of St George (£176k).

Income and spending

£0£58k£116k£173k£231k2021 Income: £56,5352021 Spending: £60,20320212022 Income: £136,9352022 Spending: £118,29120222023 Income: £231,2902023 Spending: £186,09920232024 Income: £148,7652024 Spending: £178,66320242025 Income: £176,2162025 Spending: £194,8322025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

HGO brings live opera, fully staged with orchestra, at reasonable prices to the people of north London and offers performance opportunity and training to young singers.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
City of London ChoirLondon£176k
Kantos Chamber ChoirCheshire£176k
The Guild of St GeorgeSheffield£176k
Worthing Symphony OrchestraWorthing£176k