Raymond Ashcroft Will Trust

Analysis

Raymond Ashcroft Will Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Raymond Ashcroft Will Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £15k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £160 to £13k (+7764%), an average of +198% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 7514%. Over the whole period it spent 277% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Raymond Ashcroft Will Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Bradway Community Hall (£13k), Bridge Child Contact Centre (£13k) and Bicknacre Priory Parent Teacher Association (£13k).

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.