Garfield Weston Trust for Westminster Abbey

Analysis

Garfield Weston Trust for Westminster Abbey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Garfield Weston Trust for Westminster Abbey reported income of £1.0m and spending of £69k, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £31k to £1.0m (+3204%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1347%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Garfield Weston Trust for Westminster Abbey sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Progressive Farming Trust Limited (£1.0m), Transition Network (£1.0m) and Climate Outreach (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £66k. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 426 months of spending at that rate.