The VI and Maurice Webster Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The VI and Maurice Webster Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1994, 32 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The VI and Maurice Webster Charitable Settlement reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 VI and Maurice Webster Charitable Settlement sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Esther Hennell Charitable Trust (£15k), Bramshott and Liphook Parish Voluntary Care Group (£15k) and The Gigglemug Charitable Trust (£15k).

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.