The Whitewater Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Whitewater Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2012, 14 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 makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Whitewater Charitable Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £71k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £35k to £49k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Whitewater Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horace Charles Burley Will Trust (£49k), The Maurice Fry Charitable Trust (£49k) and The Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund (£49k).