Wessex Reinvestment Trust

Analysis

Wessex Reinvestment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04580767). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wessex Reinvestment Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £313 to £10k (+3099%), an average of +138% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22977%. Over the whole period it spent 237% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wessex Reinvestment Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Scunthorpe Pentagon Trust Fund (£10k), Rotary Club of Wroxham Bure Valley Charitable Trust Fund (£10k) and The Furness Seamen's Pension Fund (£10k).