THE WRIGHT VIGAR CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1149552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GRANTS ARE MADE AT THE DISCERETION OF THE TRUSTEES ACCORDING TO THEIR LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. APPLICATIONS ARE NOT SOUGHT AT THIS TIME.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW).

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

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Registered contact address: Lincoln, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£75k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves were £46,279 at the year end, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The Trustees report that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wright Vigar. Discloses 3 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • 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: Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£75k£81k
31/08/2024£74k£72k
31/08/2023£68k£66k
31/08/2022£58k£53k
31/08/2021£51k£48k

Common questions

Is THE WRIGHT VIGAR CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity's unrestricted reserves were £46,279 at the year end, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The Trustees report that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wright Vigar.

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
H P CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WRIGHT VIGAR CHARITABLE TRUST£75k—0unclear—no doubt
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WELWYN HATFIELD FOYER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£63k—0above—no doubt
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
KARPHAHA VINAYAGAR TRUST FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt

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