Whitaker Charitable Trust

Analysis

Whitaker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Retford. It was registered in May 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitaker Charitable Trust reported income of £328k and spending of £253k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £230k to £328k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Whitaker Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Light Fund Company (£328k), Turkey Mozaik Foundation (£328k) and York Cares (£326k).