WS Waverton Charity Fund

Analysis

WS Waverton Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, WS Waverton Charity Fund reported income of £17.7m and spending of £719k, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £17.7m (+444%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 834%. Over the whole period it spent 8.8% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, WS Waverton Charity Fund sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lempriere Pringle 2015 (£17.0m), Givewell UK (£20.5m) and The Chris Banton Foundation (£14.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 96%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 100%. It employed 1 people.