Edith Lucy Woodward Charitable Trust

Analysis

Edith Lucy Woodward Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Edith Lucy Woodward Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £2,001, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,565 to £10k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Edith Lucy Woodward Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poor's Estate (£10k), Kondavil Welfare Association (£10k) and Aspirations Southend (£10k).