The Wixamtree Trust

Analysis

The Wixamtree Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Wixamtree Trust reported income of £725k and spending of £1.4m, spending 189% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £694k to £725k (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 181% 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, The Wixamtree Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J Isaacs Charitable Trust (£725k), Citizens Advice Copeland (£734k) and Galileo Foundation (£723k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 97%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £436k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.

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.