The James Wise Charitable Trust

Analysis

The James Wise Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 James Wise Charitable Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £124k, spending 203% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £66k to £61k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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 James Wise Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miss Patricia Ann Herberts Charitable Trust (£61k), The C and R Charitable Trust (£61k) and Findon Village Hall Trust (£61k).

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.