The Watson Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Watson Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Watson Family Charitable Trust reported income of £145k and spending of £167k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £145k (+1264%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1271%. Over the whole period it spent 356% 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 Watson Family Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mageni Trust (£145k), The Dr Benjamin Angel Foundation (£145k) and Emley Show Society (£144k).

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.