Mrs S H Troughton Charity Trust

Analysis

Mrs S H Troughton Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mrs S H Troughton Charity Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £35k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £22k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 384%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mrs S H Troughton Charity Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Going to a Good Home (£22k), David Elias Charitable Trust (£22k) and King Alfred's Educational Charity (£22k).