Wanstead Cottages Trust

Analysis

Wanstead Cottages Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wanstead Cottages Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £29k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wanstead Cottages Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Impact Schools Team Trust (£29k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Strelley All Saints (£29k) and United Asian Baptist Church Oxford (£29k).