Weston Provident Fund

Analysis

Weston Provident Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Weston Provident Fund reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £990k to £1.1m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Weston Provident Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uxbridge United Welfare Trust (£1.1m), Citygate Church (£1.1m) and Dr Edwards and Bishop King's Fulham Charity (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 5.9%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate.

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.