The Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust

Analysis

The Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in January 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £77k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £71k to £102k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charlesworth Independent Chapel (£102k), Hastings Area Community Trust (£102k) and The Point Foundation (£102k).