--- title: "The Stuart Hine Trust CIO — charity 1168500 | CharityCompare" description: "The Stuart Hine Trust CIO (charity 1168500): income £638k (2025). Check registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-stuart-hine-trust-cio retrieved: 2026-10-11T00:59:43.059Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1168500CIO SH # The Stuart Hine Trust CIO Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data The Stuart Hine Trust CIO is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include religious activities. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](https://howgreatthouartofficial.com/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1168500&subId=0) Work at The Stuart Hine Trust CIO? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-stuart-hine-trust-cio&type=claim&name=The%20Stuart%20Hine%20Trust%20CIO) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about The Stuart Hine Trust CIO? Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31 £638,305 Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31 £592,074 Registered charity number 1168500 Status in source extract Registered Charity type CIO Register contact address detail (not service area) Chapel Road Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Not recorded Website [howgreatthouartofficial.com](https://howgreatthouartofficial.com/) Quick answer The Stuart Hine Trust CIO (number 1168500) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation. ## What does The Stuart Hine Trust CIO do? The Trust administers royalties due from the hymn How Great Thou Art! and its derivatives, invest the receipts and ensure that the resulting funds are used for charitable purposes only. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Stuart Hine Trust CIO Answers The Stuart Hine Trust CIO gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”. ### How much are The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's highest-paid staff paid? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report. ### Where does The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's money come from? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO reported £638k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £634k (99%), investments £4,049 (1%). - Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£634k · 99% - Investments£4,049 · 1% ### Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid? The register does not record The Stuart Hine Trust CIO as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided. The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 29 July 2016 Where it says it operates Throughout England and Wales · Ghana · India · Latvia · Moldova · Papua New Guinea · Romania · Russia ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; Other Defined Groups. **Reported activities:** Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations. Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area. ## Linked funds and trusts The register records these funds under parent charity number 1168500. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes. View 1 linked records - [Stuart Hine Trust (1168500-1)](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1168500&subId=1) ## What causes is The Stuart Hine Trust CIO registered for? Religious Activities ## Why is there no Clarity Score for The Stuart Hine Trust CIO yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. 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Search 1168500 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does The Stuart Hine Trust CIO do? The Trust administers royalties due from the hymn How Great Thou Art! and its derivatives, invest the receipts and ensure that the resulting funds are used for charitable purposes only. Does The Stuart Hine Trust CIO have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How can I donate to The Stuart Hine Trust CIO? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's website listed in our register data is https://howgreatthouartofficial.com/. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees. How much is The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's chief executive paid? The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts. Where does The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's money come from? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO reported £638k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £634k (99%), investments £4,049 (1%). Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Stuart Hine Trust CIO? The register does not record The Stuart Hine Trust CIO as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided. Are The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's trustees paid? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it. When was The Stuart Hine Trust CIO registered as a charity? The Stuart Hine Trust CIO was entered on the register on 29 July 2016. Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1168500&subId=0).