Sherwood and Waudby Charity

Analysis

Sherwood and Waudby Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beverley. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sherwood and Waudby Charity reported income of £57k and spending of £28k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £57k (+7.2%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sherwood and Waudby Charity sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Church London (£57k), Welcome Group Halesowen (£57k) and Community Church - Eastbourne (£57k).