The Whirlwind Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Whirlwind Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Honiton. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06261868). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Whirlwind Charitable Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £225k, spending 420% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £141k to £54k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Whirlwind Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 20 20 Foundation Trust (£54k), C and J Clark Limited Employees 1922 Trust (£54k) and Disability Active (£53k).