William Dudley Trust

Analysis

William Dudley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 December 2025, William Dudley Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £57k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £48k to £49k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, William Dudley Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Acorns (£49k), The Retired Ministers' and Widows' Fund (£49k) and WRVS Benevolent Trust (£49k).

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.