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Second University House Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 288488LondonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£13k2025-09-30
Spending£14ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause47th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1984Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Second University House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1984, 42 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Second University House Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £13k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Second University House Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Robin Macleod Charitable Trust (£13k), Hannah Bloom Charitable Trust (£13k) and The Legh Charitable Trust (£13k).

Income and spending

£0£3,767£7,534£11k£15k2021 Income: £10,3172021 Spending: £7,00020212022 Income: £11,1072022 Spending: £8,05020222023 Income: £11,8872023 Spending: £11,06720232024 Income: £12,3912024 Spending: £15,06720242025 Income: £12,6692025 Spending: £14,0532025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

General assistance and grants given to small local charitable bodies.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Robin Macleod Charitable TrustLondon£13k
Hannah Bloom Charitable TrustStockton on Tees£13k
The Legh Charitable TrustLondon£13k
Miss Lancaster's 1994 Charitable TrustNorthampton£13k