The Homestead Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Homestead Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 Homestead Charitable Trust reported income of £279k and spending of £56k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £55k to £279k (+405%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 211%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Homestead Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solihull Christian Fellowship (£277k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Merton (£282k) and Southwick Christian Community Church (£272k).