Stephen Hutchen's Charity Trust

Analysis

Stephen Hutchen's Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stephen Hutchen's Charity Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £96k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £56k to £73k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Stephen Hutchen's Charity Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 Worth Matravers Village Hall (£73k), Help the Homeless Limited (£74k) and The Hawthorne Meadow Trust (£73k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.