MR WILLATS' CHARITY

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

Support the mission and evangelistic ministry of outreach workers, through sharing of the Gospel and making new disciples in areas of high deprivation. Enable new church growth in areas of high deprivation by supporting the mobilisation and equipping of new outreach workers, including through training or evangelism resources, to share the Gospel and make disciples.

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Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £726,083, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately six months of expenditure (£642k). The charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £253,939 in the year, supported by significant endowment assets totaling £29,116,989, and the auditors confirmed there are no 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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One individual employed by the charity received remuneration in excess of £60,000 during the current year (2024: none).” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One individual employed by the charity received remuneration in excess of £60,000 during the current year (2024: none).” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately six months of its expenditure (held: £726k)

“The Board has agreed that they will aim to maintain free unrestricted funds at a level that equates to approximately six months of its expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity paid £nil (2024: £2,444) to St John’s Charity for room hire and refreshments. One Board member is also a Trustee of St John’s Charity.

“One Board member is also a Trustee of St John’s Charity. During the year the Charity paid £nil (2024: £2,444) to St John’s Charity for room hire and refreshments. No other related party transactions were entered into during the current or previous year.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Roger Driver — Chairman (source)
Paul Suller — Vice-Chairman (source)
Paul Taylor — CEO (source)

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£831k

Reserves (reported)

£726k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 54.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR.WILLATS' CORPORATE TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.5m	£1.3m
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

Common questions

Is MR WILLATS' CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £726,083, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately six months of expenditure (£642k). The charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £253,939 in the year, supported by significant endowment assets totaling £29,116,989, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of MR WILLATS' CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds MR WILLATS' CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MR WILLATS' CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDANS SOUTHCOATES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDANS SOUTHCOATES	FY2024	£10k	Recurring grant

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS income £596k
ST MARY'S CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST income £483k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN income £251k
W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING income £2.5m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY income £163k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PATRICK, WALLINGTON income £351k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MR WILLATS' CHARITY	£1.5m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS FY2025	£596k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST FY2025	£483k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025	£251k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING FY2025	£2.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY FY2025	£163k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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