Web Science Trust

Analysis

Web Science Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in England. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06634408). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Web Science Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £53k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £37k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Web Science Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Bro Dyfrdwy (£37k), The Friends of Urmston Primary School (£37k) and Bognor Regis U3a (£37k).

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.