Bishop Wordsworth's Trust

Analysis

Bishop Wordsworth's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishop Wordsworth's Trust reported income of £83k and spending of £114k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £111k to £83k (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bishop Wordsworth's Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walkden Methodist Church (£83k), Bro Cybi Ministry Area (£83k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cowley, Oxford (£83k).