The Woodard Corporation

Analysis

The Woodard Corporation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04659710). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Woodard Corporation reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.9m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Woodard Corporation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of St Paul the Apostle (£1.9m), Christianity Explored (£1.9m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 26%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1,100. Reserves of £10.9m would cover about 108 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.