East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust

Analysis

East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £69k, spending 329% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £38k to £21k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 190% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Saltford Scout Group (£21k), The Southern Counties Historic Vehicles Preservation Trust (£21k) and Friends of Commonswood School (£21k).

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.