The Ruth Walker Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ruth Walker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Ruth Walker Charitable Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £5,400, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £62k to £45k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Ruth Walker Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridgepoint Group Foundation (£45k), The Duke of Marlborough's Charitable Settlement (£45k) and The John Parker Charitable Trust (£45k).