Horbury Common Lands Trust

Analysis

Horbury Common Lands Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Horbury Common Lands Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £58k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £78k to £86k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Horbury Common Lands Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Solution Assembly (£86k), The Book Bus Foundation (£86k) and Icmg Bexley (£86k).