Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity

Analysis

Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity reported income of £108k and spending of £69k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £75k to £108k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Planet Penguin Football Foundation (£108k), Bridge of Hope Childrens Ministry (£108k) and Windsor Hill Wood (£108k).