The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2026, The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £75k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income fell from £151k to £34k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Aidan Woodcock Charitable Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel (£34k), Hartford Community Associations (£34k) and Llangynidr Agricultural Show (£34k).

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.