The Willoughby Harry Thompson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Willoughby Harry Thompson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in July 2011, 15 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Willoughby Harry Thompson Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £36k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £14k to £39k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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 Willoughby Harry Thompson Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Doncaster Conversation Club (£38k), The Charitable Fund of the Rotary Club of Havant (£39k) and The Sydney and Sheila McGhee Charitable Trust (£38k).