The Richard and Lillian Woods Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard and Lillian Woods Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Richard and Lillian Woods Charitable Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £24k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £28k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Richard and Lillian Woods Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Police Charitable Fund (£28k), Age Concern Romsey and District (£28k) and The Henry Denman and Agneta Mary Cook Charity (£28k).