The Willan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Willan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Willan Charitable Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £20k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £35k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 220%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Willan Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Binley Woods Village Hall (£35k), Church of God Seventh Day Gloucester (£35k) and Brecon Volunteer Bureau (£35k).