The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £49k, spending 350% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,251 to £14k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 377% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inspire You (£14k), NK and Beyond Missions International (£14k) and Nasrul-Lahi-Il-Fatih Dagenham UK Ltd (£14k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Trust's principal activity is to apply the income and such parts of the capital of the fund as the trustees think fit at their absolute discretion for or towards the funding of choristers in Chichester Cathedral, for the funding and support of charitable projects initiated by Chichester Cathedral, for or towards saving lives at sea and such other charitable purposes as the trustees think fit.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire You | Solihull | £14k |
| NK and Beyond Missions International | Stoke-On-Trent | £14k |
| Nasrul-Lahi-Il-Fatih Dagenham UK Ltd | Dagenham | £14k |
| Long Covid Sos | Walsall | £14k |