The Wilf Ward Family Trust

Analysis

The Wilf Ward Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07568318). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wilf Ward Family Trust reported income of £25.8m and spending of £27.8m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20.4m to £25.8m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Wilf Ward Family Trust sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Priors Court Foundation (£25.6m), Skills for Care Ltd (£26.1m) and The Linkage Community Trust Limited (£25.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 870 people.

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.