The William Mills Foundation

Analysis

The William Mills Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The William Mills Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3,412 to £11k (+224%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The William Mills Foundation sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grainthorpe and Conisholme Village Association (£11k), Eccleston Lane Ends Workingmen's Recreation Room and Library (£11k) and The Gloucestershire County Playing Fields Association (£11k).