The Holden Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Holden Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in New Bailey Street. It was registered in June 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Holden Charitable Trust reported income of £243k and spending of £657k, spending 270% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £204k to £243k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 326%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Holden Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 St Peter's Bethnal Green (£243k), Jubilee+ (£243k) and Hope Coventry (£243k).