West Itchen Community Trust Limited

Analysis

West Itchen Community Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04617788). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Itchen Community Trust Limited reported income of £396k and spending of £360k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £477k to £396k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Itchen Community Trust Limited sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Debmar Benevolent Trust Limited (£396k), Beis Hamedrash Hechodosh (£396k) and Speke Garston Minibus Agency (£395k).