THE WORDSWORTH TRUST
Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1997
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£294k
Reserves (reported)
£667k
Employees
29
Trustees
- Anne Elizabeth Young
- Clare Adams
- Donna Chambers
- Dr Alexandra Whitfield
- Dr Amy Elizabeth Concannon
- Dr Paul John Davies
- Gesa Renate Blackmore
- Jonathan Bate
- PROFESSOR DAVID JOHN MCKITTERICK
- Professor Simon John Julian Bainbridge
- Rishi Dastidar
- Timothy John Robertson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| 31/03/2024 | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| 31/03/2023 | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| 31/03/2022 | £2.9m | £2.1m |
| 31/03/2021 | £2.9m | £1.4m |
Common questions
Who funds THE WORDSWORTH TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WORDSWORTH TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION, Friends of the Nations' Libraries.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £1.0m |
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £20k |
| THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £10k |
| THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £10k |
| THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £10k |
| Friends of the Nations' Libraries | FY2024 | £6k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 02/11/2023 | £89k | "'Serve the Future Hour': the Wordsworth Trust's resilience plan" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 19/01/2016 | £5.1m | "'Reimagining Wordsworth': the Wordsworth Trust masterplan" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 14/09/2004 | £566k | "Acquisition of Collection of books" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 28/05/2003 | £1.6m | "Wordsworth Trust Development Fund" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 31/03/2003 | £30k | "Acquisition of the Greta Hall Collection" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 19/09/2001 | £675k | "Wordsworth Trust Collections Centre" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 26/05/2000 | £90k | "Ecclesiastical Sketches, Wordsworth manuscript" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 13/11/1996 | £20k | "Centre for British Romanticism" |