Holy Rood Trust

Analysis

Holy Rood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1973, 53 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Holy Rood Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £53k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £36k to £26k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 183% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Holy Rood Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Perry Fund (£26k), Aprender (UK) Limited (£26k) and The Mothers' Union Newcastle Diocese (£26k).

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.