The Wellington (London) Trust

Analysis

The Wellington (London) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wellington (London) Trust reported income of £490k and spending of £1.0m, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £237k to £490k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wellington (London) 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Vineyard Christian Fellowship Norwich (£490k), Abbey Community Centre (£490k) and Livingston Charitable Trust (£489k).