A W Charitable Trust

Analysis

A W Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, A W Charitable Trust reported income of £17.6m and spending of £11.9m, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £16.4m to £17.6m (+7.2%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, A W Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mission Care (£17.6m), Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care (£17.6m) and St Oswald's Hospice Limited (£17.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10.4m. Reserves of £270.5m would cover about 273 months of spending at that rate.