The Scurrah Wainwright Charity

Analysis

The Scurrah Wainwright Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Scurrah Wainwright Charity reported income of £113k and spending of £206k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £71k to £113k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 198% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Scurrah Wainwright Charity 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thornton Heath Islamic Centre (£113k), Greek Orthodox Church of St Basil & St Paisios in Lincoln (£113k) and Painters Company Charities (£113k).

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.