The Widows Empowerment Trust

Analysis

The Widows Empowerment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Widows Empowerment Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £136k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £64k to £114k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Widows Empowerment Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust (£114k), Friends of Manipay Hospital (£114k) and Word of Light International Ministries Ltd (£114k).