The Wands Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Wands Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Wands Charitable Trust reported income of £376k and spending of £471k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £435k to £376k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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 Wands Charitable Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Barnet Recreational Trust (£375k), Bolton Carers Support (£377k) and Bridge the Gap Football (£368k).

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.