Williamson Trust

Analysis

Williamson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Llangollen. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Williamson Trust reported income of £727k and spending of £237k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £37k to £727k (+1860%), an average of +110% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 7037%. Over the whole period it spent 17% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Williamson Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries - Central Fund (£727k), The Leonard and Suzanne Phillips Foundation (£727k) and St Martin's Centre for Health and Healing (£727k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £188k. Reserves of £5.6m would cover about 284 months of spending at that rate.