Brian Wilson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Brian Wilson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northwich. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brian Wilson Charitable Trust reported income of £126k and spending of £248k, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £127k to £126k (-1.0%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Brian Wilson Charitable 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 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farnham Lions Club (CIO) (£126k), Himat Tanna Charitable Trust (£126k) and Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer Limited (£125k).

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.