The Wright Vigar Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Wright Vigar Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 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 August 2025, The Wright Vigar Charitable Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £81k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £51k to £75k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Wright Vigar Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Domlal Foundation Limited (£75k), Ivy Mary Macfie Deceased Charitable Fund (£75k) and The Roy Proctor Foundation (£75k).