The Northwick Trust

Analysis

The Northwick Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in August 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Northwick Trust reported income of £283k and spending of £471k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £286k to £283k (-1.0%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 171% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Northwick Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Picu (£283k), The British Toxicology Society (£283k) and The Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland (£283k).

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.