Hilda Florence Holmes Trust

Analysis

Hilda Florence Holmes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastleigh. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Hilda Florence Holmes Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £219k, spending 1013% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £31k to £22k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 598% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Hilda Florence Holmes Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cat Welfare, Sussex (£22k), The Joan Hayes Phillipps Charitable Trust (£22k) and Hedgepigs and Hoglets Rescue (£22k).

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.