The William Kenneth Hutchings Charitable Trust
Analysis
The William Kenneth Hutchings Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending June 2025, The William Kenneth Hutchings Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £38k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £25k to £27k (+6.4%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The William Kenneth Hutchings Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Bookham and Horsley Charitable Trust (£27k), Pet Foodbank Service (£27k) and Palace Drum Clinic (£27k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Making of grants to individuals, their families or to other charitable bodies or as the Trsutees shall in their absolute discretion deem appropriate to assist in the education ,treatment and care in Exeter and East Devon of children who suffer from blindness or are partially sighted or who are deaf or hard of hearing
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Rotary Club of Bookham and Horsley Charitable Trust | Surrey | £27k |
| Pet Foodbank Service | Cardiff | £27k |
| Palace Drum Clinic | Redditch | £27k |
| Projects in Palestine | Coventry | £27k |