The William Arthur Weddell Trust

Analysis

The William Arthur Weddell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in July 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The William Arthur Weddell Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £41k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £36k (+111%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 153% 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 William Arthur Weddell Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% 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 Sadat Trust (£36k), Samburu Trust UK (£36k) and Gun Control Network (£36k).

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.