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WOLSEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1116597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOLSEY TRUST

Charitable Activities began on 28th February 2007.Involves relief of sickness and financial hardship and to provide for better education, either generally or individually, in various parts of the world, but particularly in India

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Latest income
£197k
Latest spending
£176k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £486,672, exceeding the trustees' policy target of three months' running costs. The charity is primarily funded by family donations and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £487k)
“It is the Trustees' policy to aim to create reserves above three months running costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 4
“The Wolsey Charitable Trust is primarily funded by Nizar and Farida Merali. No non family donations are solicited or encouraged. However if any party do decide to contribute it will not be rejected in totality. ” — 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£197k£176k
31/03/2024£71k£58k
31/03/2023£195k£588k
31/03/2022£96k£392k
31/03/2021£394k£60k

Common questions

Is WOLSEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £486,672, exceeding the trustees' policy target of three months' running costs. The charity is primarily funded by family donations and has no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BENESCO CHARITY LIMITED1£15.2m

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOLSEY CHARITABLE TRUST£197k—0above—no doubt
A W CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£17.6m—0unclear—no doubt
The King's School Worcester Charitable Trust FY2025£494k—0above—no doubt
THE WYSELIOT ROSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£115k—0above—no doubt
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025£759k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MATLIWALA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt

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