Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £30k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £50k to £36k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soul's Harbour Pentecostal Church (£36k), Church of God Mission International UK (£36k) and Friends of Mettupalayam (£36k).