The Alan Edward Higgs Charity

Analysis

The Alan Edward Higgs Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in November 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, 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 April 2025, The Alan Edward Higgs Charity reported income of £955k and spending of £735k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £417k to £955k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Alan Edward Higgs Charity sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ivy Manchester Limited (£953k), Hope Housing (Bradford) Ltd (£955k) and Eic Al-Masjid Trust (£952k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 55% and trading 45%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 23%. Grants to other organisations totalled £429k. Reserves of £444k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.