W G S Trust

Analysis

W G S Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, W G S Trust reported income of £862k and spending of £519k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £977k to £862k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, W G S Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allsorts Playgroup (£862k), Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading (£862k) and Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited (£860k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 63% and donations and legacies 37%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £500k. Reserves of £6.0m would cover about 138 months of spending at that rate.