Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust reported income of £105k and spending of £67k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £70k to £105k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hqi Foundation (£105k), Cherington Stourton Sutton-Under-Brailes Village Hall (£105k) and Collaborative Schools Ltd (£105k).