The William Allen Young Charitable Trust

Analysis

The William Allen Young Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1981, 45 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 William Allen Young Charitable Trust reported income of £741k and spending of £769k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £66 to £741k (+1123112%), an average of +930% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 422606%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 William Allen Young Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aeonian Foundation (£734k), The Helvellyn Foundation (£750k) and Citizens Advice Copeland (£734k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £24.7m would cover about 380 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.