The WR Foundation
Analysis
The WR Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The WR Foundation reported income of £10k and spending of £36k, spending 355% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,604 to £10k (+183%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 266%. Over the whole period it spent 365% 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 WR Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary@kingsholm Trust Fund (£10k), The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust (£10k) and The Alan Jenkin Stokes Memorial Trust (£10k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The object of the charity is that of applying the income and all or such parts of capital for or towards charitable purposes and to make donations to such charitable institutions at such a time and in such a manner as the trustees may in their discretion think fit.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Rotary@kingsholm Trust Fund | UK | £10k |
| The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust | York | £10k |
| The Alan Jenkin Stokes Memorial Trust | Liverpool | £10k |
| Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated | Peterborough | £10k |