The Wilderness Trust Ministries

Analysis

The Wilderness Trust Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wilderness Trust Ministries reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £16k to £13k (-22%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Wilderness Trust Ministries sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James Bond/Henry Welch Trust (£13k), Cyfeillion Sankwia Friends (£13k) and Medical Education Exchange Teams UK (£13k).