The Barbara Welby Trust

Analysis

The Barbara Welby Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1967, 59 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 April 2025, The Barbara Welby Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £36k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £39k to £31k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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, The Barbara Welby Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Marlow Age Concern (£31k), Umma Funeral Services in the Midlands (£31k) and Tabor Charitable Trust (£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.