The Wrentham Trust

Analysis

The Wrentham Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Wrentham Trust reported income of £110k and spending of £742k, spending 672% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £4.8m to £110k (-98%), an average of -61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wrentham Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Jesus Miracles Ministries (£110k), Pillar of Truth Chapel (£110k) and Thousand 4 1000 CIO (£110k).

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.