The Vine Trust Walsall

Analysis

The Vine Trust Walsall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04370289). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Vine Trust Walsall reported income of £98k and spending of £168k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £150k to £98k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Vine Trust Walsall sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishop's Stortford Food Bank (£98k), MPF Charitable Trust (£98k) and African Refugee Community (£98k).