Himley Memorial Charitable Trust

Analysis

Himley Memorial Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Himley Memorial Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £18k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £6,246 to £29k (+361%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 346%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Himley Memorial Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Ernest Ellis Foundation (£29k), Test Valley Men's Shed (£29k) and Beds Prostate Cancer Support Group (£29k).