The Wenhaston Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Wenhaston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in August 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Wenhaston Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,488 to £10k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Wenhaston Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lordsgate Parent Teachers Association (£10k), Moseley Church of England School Parent Teacher Association (£10k) and The Friends of Ravenfield School (£10k).

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.