David Williamson Trust

Analysis

David Williamson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, David Williamson Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £13k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, David Williamson Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillmorton Charities for the Poor (£13k), Husborne Crawley Charity Estate (£13k) and Silverquote Ltd (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.