The William and Ellen Vinten Trust

Analysis

The William and Ellen Vinten Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William and Ellen Vinten Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £74k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £56k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The William and Ellen Vinten Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Leeds Diversity Connection (£56k), Cylch Meithrin Saron A'r Hendre (£56k) and School for Life Romania (£56k).

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.