Wakefield Trust

Analysis

Wakefield Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Brent. It was registered in September 1988, 38 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Wakefield Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £67k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £48k to £70k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 140% 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, Wakefield Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miss V R Jarvis Charitable Settlement (£70k), Old Stevenage Community Association (£71k) and The Porto Charitable Trust (£70k).