THE W E DUNN TRUST

Registered charity 219418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WED CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trustees make grants for the benefit of such charitable institutions or individuals as they in their absolute discretion decide.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£238k

Latest spending

£257k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £22,864, which the trustees confirm did not exceed their stated policy target of approved grants and working capital requirements. The trustees believe no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient budgeted income and expenditure coverage.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JOHN CORNEYchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Alan Holmes Smith
MRS SMETHURST
Rachel Janet Hardy

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Staffordshire · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£238k	£257k
31/03/2024	£226k	£266k
05/04/2023	£229k	£255k
05/04/2022	£226k	£249k
05/04/2021	£182k	£197k

Common questions

Is THE W E DUNN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £22,864, which the trustees confirm did not exceed their stated policy target of approved grants and working capital requirements. The trustees believe no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing sufficient budgeted income and expenditure coverage. 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
SWIRE 2765	1	£737k
BACON FOUNDATION LTD	1	£60k
THE ORP FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOYNITRUST.

MOYNITRUST income £164k
THE PAUL JENNINGS AND JEANETTE DUNN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £109k
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST income £236k
THE ECOLOGY TRUST income £2.0m
THE DU BROW CHARITY income £196k
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE W E DUNN TRUST	£238k	—	within	—	no doubt
MOYNITRUST FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAUL JENNINGS AND JEANETTE DUNN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£109k	—	above	—	no doubt
FUTURE SCOPE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£236k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ECOLOGY TRUST FY2025	£2.0m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE DU BROW CHARITY FY2025	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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