Howick Trustees Limited

Analysis

Howick Trustees Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in June 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01208214). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Howick Trustees Limited reported income of £789k and spending of £990k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £697k to £789k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Howick Trustees Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Re-Form Heritage (£784k), Friends of St Nicholas Fields (£789k) and Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 17% and investments 7.3%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 36 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.

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.