THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM (INCORPORATING THE HOWARD CENTRE FOR PENOLOGY)

Registered charity 251926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOWARD LEAGUE

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1967

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£99k

Reserves (reported)

£541k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Anne Owerschair · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Morris
Charles Bland
Christina Line
JOHN TRESS
Nader Alaghband
Thalia Maragh
Tomas William Thurogood-Hyde

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£1.1m	£1.6m
30/06/2024	£929k	£1.7m
31/05/2023	£1.4m	£1.8m
31/05/2022	£855k	£1.6m
31/05/2021	£917k	£1.4m

Common questions

Who funds THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM (INCORPORATING THE HOWARD CENTRE FOR PENOLOGY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM (INCORPORATING THE HOWARD CENTRE FOR PENOLOGY) as a grant recipient include THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION, THE BROMLEY TRUST, TREEBEARD TRUST, THE ANCASTER TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£90k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2025	£40k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2024	£25k
TREEBEARD TRUST	FY2024	£25k
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
THE ANCASTER TRUST	FY2023	£300