The William Arthur Rudd Memorial Trust

Analysis

The William Arthur Rudd Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The William Arthur Rudd Memorial Trust reported income of £190k and spending of £257k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £157k to £190k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The William Arthur Rudd Memorial Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 Anand & Sethi Family Charity Trust (£190k), Susanna Peake Charitable Trust (£191k) and Tower Hamlets Friends and Neighbours (£190k).

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.