Whinfield Study Trust

Analysis

Whinfield Study Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whinfield Study Trust reported income of £247k and spending of £183k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £753k to £247k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Whinfield Study Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Julian Bewick Educational Trust (£247k), Rainbow Pre-School Stansted (£247k) and Mowden Pre School Group (£247k).