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Cathy Wills Charitable Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1199576LondonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£156k2025-12-31
Spending£147ksame year
Spent / received17%3-year average
Size in its cause84th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2022CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cathy Wills Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2022, 4 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cathy Wills Charitable Trust reported income of £156k and spending of £147k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £3.7m to £156k (-96%), an average of -80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 17% 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, Cathy Wills Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ummah Help (£156k), Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust (£157k) and Possuk Limited (£156k).

Income and spending

£0£929k£1.9m£2.8m£3.7m2023 Income: £3,717,6912023 Spending: £206,52620232024 Income: £158,0142024 Spending: £344,70220242025 Income: £156,4902025 Spending: £146,5992025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Cathy Wills Charitable Trust is a grant making trust that makes awards to other registered charities engaged in the welfare of the elderly, disabled and children, and to educational and cultural organisations.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Ummah HelpBirmingham£156k
Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable TrustUK£157k
Possuk LimitedLondon£156k
City Arts NewburyNewbury£157k