The John and Margaret Wootton Trust Fund

Analysis

The John and Margaret Wootton Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John and Margaret Wootton Trust Fund reported income of £27k and spending of £28k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £27k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 John and Margaret Wootton Trust Fund sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lyndhurst Welfare Charity (£27k), 4th Itchen South (Netley) Scout Group (£27k) and Beverley Male Voice Choir (£27k).