William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust

Analysis

William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.5m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £987k to £1.7m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (£1.7m), The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO (£1.7m) and The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 92% and donations and legacies 7.3%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £65.9m would cover about 522 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.