A J H Ashby Will Trust

Analysis

A J H Ashby Will Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, A J H Ashby Will Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £64k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £26k to £56k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 166% 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, A J H Ashby Will Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Future Echo Charitable Trust (£55k), Cholsey Pavilion Trust (£56k) and The Mayor of Rochdale's Charity (£55k).

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.