The Wethered Bequest

Analysis

The Wethered Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Wethered Bequest reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £15k to £16k (+3.8%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Wethered Bequest 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 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farnworth Performing Arts Company (£16k), Dronfield Band (£16k) and Surrey Philharmonic Society (£16k).