WST Charity Limited

Analysis

WST Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03870076). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, WST Charity Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.6m (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, WST Charity Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Toogoodtowaste Limited (£1.6m), Bais Malka Ltd (£1.6m) and Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya (UK) (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £375k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.