Four Winds Trust

Analysis

Four Winds Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Four Winds Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £39k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £31k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Four Winds Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ewyas Harold Common Trust (£31k), Earth Science Teachers Association (£31k) and Willesborough Windmill Trust Limited (£31k).

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.