THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 205375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity continues to concentrate on supporting charities working in Wiltshire and would like to hear from these.

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Latest income

£213k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £213,252 in investment income and spent £158,120, resulting in a net increase in funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to spend estimated income each year and currently holds unrestricted reserves of £116,447 alongside an expendable endowment of £10,671,572.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no significant income reserves (held: £116k)

“The Trustees aim to spend the estimated income from each year, aiming to have no significant income reserves at each year end.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

CATRIONA GUINNESS
FINN GUINNESS
ROSALEEN MULJI · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£213k	£158k
05/04/2024	£201k	£198k
05/04/2023	£187k	£221k
05/04/2022	£155k	£194k
05/04/2021	£173k	£166k

Common questions

Is THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £213,252 in investment income and spent £158,120, resulting in a net increase in funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to spend estimated income each year and currently holds unrestricted reserves of £116,447 alongside an expendable endowment of £10,671,572. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20.0m
THE HELPING FOUNDATION	1	£10.0m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST income £135k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST income £4.4m
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST income £164k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST income £259k
A W CHARITABLE TRUST income £17.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LATE GWYNETH MON WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£135k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST FY2025	£4.4m	in excess of £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£164k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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