Higgs Charitable Trust

Analysis

Higgs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Higgs Charitable Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £51k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £35k to £43k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Higgs Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include It's My Life Trust (£43k), Men and Their Emotions (£43k) and The Association of Health Professions in Ophthalmology (£43k).

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.