West Wycombe Charitable Trust

Analysis

West Wycombe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, West Wycombe Charitable Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £73k, spending 260% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £28k to £28k (+0.2%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 1318%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, West Wycombe Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hackney Society Limited (£28k), The Chippendale Society (£28k) and The National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces (£28k).