The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick

Analysis

The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick reported income of £832k and spending of £2.9m, spending 352% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £914k to £832k (-9.1%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 248% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley Hospital Charity (£831k), Chase Africa (Community Health and Sustainable Environment) (£832k) and Omnom Group Limited (£831k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £560k. Reserves of £110k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

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.