The Wilson Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Wilson Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Steyning. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04168010). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wilson Memorial Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £173k, spending 324% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £172k to £53k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Wilson Memorial Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society (£53k), West Hill Village Hall (£53k) and Take Heart Mercy Mission (£53k).

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.