Mr Samuel Whitbread's Trusts

Analysis

Mr Samuel Whitbread's Trusts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, Mr Samuel Whitbread's Trusts reported income of £74k and spending of £42k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £74k (+335%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 282%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mr Samuel Whitbread's Trusts sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Creating Hope (£74k), Bismillah Cultural Centre (Afghan Community) (£74k) and Kollel Shaarei Halacha (£74k).