The David Webster Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David Webster Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The David Webster Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £791k, spending 6145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £50k to £13k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 726% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The David Webster Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latton Basin Restoration (£13k), The Pightle Millennium Green Trust (£13k) and The Robert Black Memorial Fund (£13k).

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.