The Welland Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Welland Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 1991, 35 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 2025, The Welland Charitable Trust reported income of £363k and spending of £312k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £159k to £363k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 226% 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, The Welland Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BC Partners Foundation (£362k), RJM Charity Trust (£364k) and The Finnis Scott Foundation (£359k).