The Percy and Lily Reed Williams Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Percy and Lily Reed Williams Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redruth. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Percy and Lily Reed Williams Charitable Trust reported income of £302k and spending of £12k, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £118 to £302k (+256137%), an average of +612% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21826%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Percy and Lily Reed Williams Charitable Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Handsworth Association of Schools (£302k), Renewed Hope Trust (£303k) and Restore Northampton (£302k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The charity tends to support charitable projects either very close to home - mainly in mid-Cornwall where these tend to be of a cultural nature - or in the developing world, where we tend to concentrate on the relief of poverty by supporting small-scale community projects.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Handsworth Association of Schools | Birmingham | £302k |
| Renewed Hope Trust | Redhill | £303k |
| Restore Northampton | Northampton | £302k |
| Sheikh Kalim Ullah Islamic Complex Trust | Leicester | £303k |