Westhill Endowment

Analysis

Westhill Endowment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05127764). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Westhill Endowment reported income of £508k and spending of £489k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £450k to £508k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westhill Endowment 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 Gloucester Diocesan Board of Education (£507k), The Southern Counties Baptist Association (£508k) and Christian Life Centre Oxford Trust (£507k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £382k. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 24 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.