The Richard and Jack Wiseman Trust

Analysis

The Richard and Jack Wiseman Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Richard and Jack Wiseman Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £53k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,233 to £46k (+644%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 397%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Richard and Jack Wiseman Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sadaqah Jaariyah Trust (£46k), Living God's Temple (£46k) and Harrow Samaritans (£46k).