William John Butler Memorial Fund

Analysis

William John Butler Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, William John Butler Memorial Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £40k to £15k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 775%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, William John Butler Memorial Fund sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islam Awareness Foundation (£15k), Horden Spiritualist Church (£15k) and Tim Burke Memorial Fund (£15k).