The Windhorse Trust

Analysis

The Windhorse Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01990430). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Windhorse Trust reported income of £519k and spending of £975k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £401k to £519k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Windhorse Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Churches of God in UK (£519k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Bromley (£520k) and Liverpool Seafarers Centre (£518k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, investments 17% and donations and legacies 4.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £601k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.