The Howe Green Trust

Analysis

The Howe Green Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, The Howe Green Trust reported income of £107k and spending of £296k, spending 277% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,457 to £107k (+1556%), an average of +102% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1482%. Over the whole period it spent 178% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Howe Green Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Duncreggan Trust (£107k), The Gunnercooke Foundation (£107k) and Age Concern Bude and District (£107k).