The Walwyn Chapman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Walwyn Chapman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grimsby. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Walwyn Chapman Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £65k, spending 327% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £25k to £20k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Walwyn Chapman Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nutfield Church Primary School PTA (£20k), Haywards Heath Lions Club (CIO) (£20k) and 2/88 Manchester Scout Group (£20k).

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.