The Whitwam Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Whitwam Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Whitwam Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £80k and spending of £126k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £57k to £80k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 23%. 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 Whitwam Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hasil Foundation (£80k), Velmore Community Association (£80k) and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Charitable Foundation Limited (£80k).

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.