World Ort Trust

Analysis

World Ort Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02967916). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, World Ort Trust reported income of £400k and spending of £739k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £7.0m to £400k (-94%), an average of -51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, World Ort Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pebbles Children and Family Services (£400k), St Peter's Pre-School (Stafford) Ltd (£400k) and Acf Sevenoaks (£399k).

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.