The Spencer Wills Trust

Analysis

The Spencer Wills Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 1979, 47 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Spencer Wills Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £62k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £47k to £48k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. 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 Spencer Wills Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ray Williams Foundation (£48k), The Stefan and May Frances Kwasniewski Charitable Trust (£48k) and The Langsett Trust (£48k).

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.