The John Weiler Foundation

Analysis

The John Weiler Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2000, 26 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The John Weiler Foundation reported income of £29k and spending of £34k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £8,406 to £29k (+240%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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, The John Weiler Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Purton and District Age Concern (£29k), Pattingham Village Hall (£29k) and Cheung's Clansmen Charity (Europe) Association (£29k).

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.