The William and Patricia Venton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The William and Patricia Venton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northants. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and animals, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William and Patricia Venton Charitable Trust reported income of £69k and spending of £93k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £73k to £69k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The William and Patricia Venton Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Jainology Limited (£69k), Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Jesus Pavilion (£69k) and Orthodox Parish of St Ephraim the Syrian Cambridge (£69k).