The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and animals, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust reported income of £270k and spending of £290k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £200k to £270k (+35%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vineyard Congregational Church (£269k), Northgate Church Trust (£270k) and Restore Community (£269k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.