The a and R Woolf Charitable Trust

Analysis

The a and R Woolf Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The a and R Woolf Charitable Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £163k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £48k to £127k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 182% 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 a and R Woolf Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alridha Foundation (£127k), Al Amaan Education Trust (£127k) and M Z and K Z Shah Foundation (£127k).

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.