The Woodward Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Woodward Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 April 2025, The Woodward Charitable Trust reported income of £245k and spending of £482k, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £159k to £245k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 250% 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 Woodward Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A.p.a.g.b.i. Limited (£244k), The Ark Trust CIO (£245k) and Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus (£244k).

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.