The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO

Analysis

The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.4m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.7m (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust (£1.7m), The Switchback Initiative (£1.7m) and Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £44.9m would cover about 390 months of spending at that rate.