Wivenhoe Housing Trust [wht]

Analysis

Wivenhoe Housing Trust [wht] is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wivenhoe Housing Trust [wht] reported income of £126k and spending of £46k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £76k to £126k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wivenhoe Housing Trust [wht] sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R. Daphne Plunket Charitable Trust (£125k), Together Now (£126k) and Elton Community Centre (£125k).