Welfare Funerals Trust

Analysis

Welfare Funerals Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It was registered in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welfare Funerals Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £3,695, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £5,030 to £21k (+314%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 261%. Over the whole period it spent 19% 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, Welfare Funerals Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dunsford Village Hall (£21k), Rotary Club of Witney Trust Fund (£21k) and The Harding Charitable Trust (£21k).