The Ray Williams Foundation

Analysis

The Ray Williams Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ray Williams Foundation reported income of £48k and spending of £40k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £48k (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Ray Williams Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Langsett Trust (£48k), The Spencer Wills Trust (£48k) and Annesley (CLW) Trust (£48k).