John Bennett Parry Will Trust

Analysis

John Bennett Parry Will Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Llangollen. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, John Bennett Parry Will Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £90k, spending 707% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £13k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 1021% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, John Bennett Parry Will Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Sparsholt School (£13k), 1st Sonning on Thames Scout Group (£13k) and Institute for Continuous Improvement in Public Services (£13k).

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.