Worcester Community Trust

Analysis

Worcester Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04722577). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Worcester Community Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.8m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Worcester Community Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCT Domestic Abuse Services Limited (£1.8m), Neca (£1.8m) and East Cleveland M S Home (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 20% and donations and legacies 3.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £393k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.