Winifred Wharton Trust

Analysis

Winifred Wharton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03880688). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Winifred Wharton Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £45k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,910 to £53k (+662%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 298%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Winifred Wharton Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust (£53k), Trenance Cottages Newquay (£53k) and The Lewis-Jones Charity for the Promotion of Halsted and Other One-Name Studies (£53k).