Windle Trust International

Analysis

Windle Trust International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04285691). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Windle Trust International reported income of £5.1m and spending of £5.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.2m to £5.1m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Windle Trust International sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empower Community Foundation (£5.1m), St Martin-In-The-Fields Charity (£5.2m) and Tikva UK (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £35k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £80k. Reserves of £286k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 141 people.