Whitchurch Welfare Trust

Analysis

Whitchurch Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Whitchurch Welfare Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £29k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £18k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whitchurch Welfare Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Inner Wheel Club of Scarborough Benevolent Fund (£18k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Thanksgiving House (£18k) and PWT (Potohar Welfare Trust) (£18k).