Wakefield and Tetley Trust

Analysis

Wakefield and Tetley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wakefield and Tetley Trust reported income of £451k and spending of £754k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £421k to £451k (+7.2%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wakefield and Tetley Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hayaat Welfare Trust (£451k), The Slough Islamic Trust (£451k) and Life Church Wirral (£451k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.