The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Green, Kelsale. It was registered in July 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £16k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £36k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Actone Artsbase (£36k), Hope Against Suicide (£36k) and Lancaster Men's Hub (£36k).