The Houghton Trust Limited

Analysis

The Houghton Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01534794). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Houghton Trust Limited reported income of £117k and spending of £109k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £94k to £117k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Houghton Trust Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrews with St Peters Pre-School (£117k), Operation Emotion (£117k) and Garn Bach Tryweryn (£116k).