BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1059736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN SUCH SHARES BETWEEN THEM IF MORE THAN ONE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT WITH POWER TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE INCOME OR CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND IN OR TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR ORGANISATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£248k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,378,465, with the Trustees confirming sufficient funds to continue grant payments for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £77,276, driven by investment gains and income exceeding charitable expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves... to meet day to day running costs (reserves figure: £4.4m)
“The Trustees keep sufficient reserves in an instant access account to meet day to day running costs of the organisation.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£126k£248k
31/12/2024£131k£160k
31/12/2023£130k£207k
31/12/2022£183k£266k
31/12/2021£127k£131k

Common questions

Is BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,378,465, with the Trustees confirming sufficient funds to continue grant payments for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £77,276, driven by investment gains and income exceeding charitable expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADOST CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST£126k—0above—no doubt
BRADOST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
PEGGY WILSON CHARITABLE WILL TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt
LEANNE AND WINSTON NEWMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.