W G Edwards Charitable Foundation

Analysis

W G Edwards Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, W G Edwards Charitable Foundation reported income of £154k and spending of £129k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £144k to £154k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, W G Edwards Charitable Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trawden Forest Community Centre (£154k), The Hull Building Safety Group Ltd (£155k) and Croft Hall (£153k).