Walter Farthing (Trust) Limited

Analysis

Walter Farthing (Trust) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00587349). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Walter Farthing (Trust) Limited reported income of £55k and spending of £190k, spending 349% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £53k to £55k (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 157% 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, Walter Farthing (Trust) Limited sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thrive Staffordshire (£54k), Boothstown Village Hall Association (£55k) and The Maurice & Vivien Thompson Charitable Trust (£54k).

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.