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MR WILLATS' CHARITY

Registered charity 202269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Willats Trust

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds free reserves of £644,226, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately three months of expenditure (£293k). The Charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £215,032 before transfers, supported by strong rental income, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of its expenditure (held: £644k)
“The Board has agreed that they will aim to maintain free unrestricted funds at a level that equates to approximately three months of its expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£511k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.4m£1.2m
31/12/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2021£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2020£1.2m£965k

Common questions

Is MR WILLATS' CHARITY financially healthy?

The accounts state that the Charity holds free reserves of £644,226, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately three months of expenditure (£293k). The Charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £215,032 before transfers, supported by strong rental income, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.