Sir Donald and Lady Edna Wilson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sir Donald and Lady Edna Wilson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wrexham. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Sir Donald and Lady Edna Wilson Charitable Trust reported income of £297k and spending of £350k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £465k to £297k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sir Donald and Lady Edna Wilson Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Loppylugs and Barbara Morrison Charitable Trust (£296k), The Tory Family Foundation (£297k) and Japan Association in the UK (£296k).