Sir Richard Winfrey Memorial Scholarship

Analysis

Sir Richard Winfrey Memorial Scholarship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sir Richard Winfrey Memorial Scholarship reported income of £35k and spending of £1,105, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £23k to £35k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 3.7% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sir Richard Winfrey Memorial Scholarship sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% 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 Friends of Stanley Primary (£35k), The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales Charitable Trust (£35k) and The PTA of Broadstone Middle School (£35k).