Sir Joseph Williamson's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sir Joseph Williamson's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sir Joseph Williamson's Charitable Trust reported income of £187k and spending of £170k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £182k to £187k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sir Joseph Williamson's Charitable Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Berkhamsted Gymnastics Club (£187k), High Hazels Park Sheffield (£187k) and Lazonby and District Swimming Pool Association Limited (£186k).