The Alfred Haines Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Alfred Haines Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in June 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Alfred Haines Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £33k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,391 to £23k (+216%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 203% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Alfred Haines Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton and Hove Faith in Action (£23k), Corfe Mullen Baptist Church Charity (£23k) and Black Ethnic Skills & Training Initiatives (£23k).

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.