The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust

Analysis

The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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, The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust reported income of £500k and spending of £536k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £392k to £500k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include River Church (£499k), South Liverpool Foodbank (£500k) and The Paperweight Trust (£499k).

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.