The Holehird Trust

Analysis

The Holehird Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in July 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. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Holehird Trust reported income of £231k and spending of £337k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £200k to £231k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 350%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Holehird Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lap Research (£230k), Vida Sheffield (£231k) and Smile Aid (£230k).

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.