Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust

Analysis

Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £89k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £40k (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 191% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uppertown Social Centre (£40k), Life Interchange Ministries (£40k) and Milton Keynes Islamic Society (£40k).

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.