The Hosking Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hosking Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11292233). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hosking Charitable Trust reported income of £415k and spending of £410k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £845k to £415k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Hosking Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Merchant Venturers Charities Investment Pool (£401k), Mountsorrel United Charities (£430k) and Pri Fund Army Foundation College, Harrogate (£392k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.