The Whaley Bridge Community Trust

Analysis

The Whaley Bridge Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Peak. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 04372616). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Whaley Bridge Community Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £31k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £30k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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 Whaley Bridge Community Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The St Timothy Foundation (£30k), The Dennis Hooley Charitable Trust (£30k) and Northumberland County of Sanctuary (£30k).