The David Wentworth-Stanley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David Wentworth-Stanley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 April 2025, The David Wentworth-Stanley Charitable Trust reported income of £59k and spending of £15k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £59k (+368%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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 David Wentworth-Stanley 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Swindon Trust Fund (£59k), The Late Frances Crabtree Charitable Trust (£59k) and Givingforce Foundation (£59k).