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Watlington House Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1158378ReadingEnvironment and conservation
Income£119k2025-09-30
Spending£88ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Watlington House Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Watlington House Trust reported income of £119k and spending of £88k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £139k to £119k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Watlington House 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIO (£118k), Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project (£119k) and Clan Trust Limited (£118k).

Income and spending

£0£35k£70k£104k£139k2021 Income: £139,3122021 Spending: £91,99120212022 Income: £79,1142022 Spending: £113,73420222023 Income: £83,1632023 Spending: £62,46120232024 Income: £82,7162024 Spending: £60,47220242025 Income: £118,6672025 Spending: £87,9052025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Maintain Watlington House, a Grade 2 * building. To do this we rent rooms in the building mainly to charities. The Garden Hall (an 1890s Tin Tabernacle) is rented out on an hourly basis to; dance / exercise / music and other groups and for family celebrations. Car parking spaces are hired out to local residents. The income is used to maintain the house / hall and and garden.

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CharityLocationIncome
Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIOUckfield£118k
Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife ProjectBrighton£119k
Clan Trust LimitedNorfolk£118k
The Bahamas Locomotive Society LimitedWakefield£119k