The George Ward Charitable Trust

Analysis

The George Ward Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 1985, 41 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The George Ward Charitable Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £52k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £39k to £42k (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 George Ward Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wd6 Food Support (£42k), Ty Croeso (Ystradgynlais and District) Ltd (£42k) and Lymm Youth & Community Association Limited (£42k).

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.