William Walter Brand Trust

Analysis

William Walter Brand Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, William Walter Brand Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £29k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £25k to £22k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, William Walter Brand Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Charitable Trust (£22k), Friends of Woodlands School (£22k) and Orford and District Surgery Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£22k).

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.