THE WORGAN TRUST

Registered charity 252062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust holds land for protection and preservation. It provides facilities for primary and infant school children mostly from the Birmingham Education Authority and a wider area to visit a working farm with a range of livestock. It gives opportunities for outdoor activities for groups of young people using a building in the Wyre Forest.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£205k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,290,564, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees note that reserves were depleted by a renovation programme, necessitating long-term borrowing which continues to be repaid. Despite this debt, the charity maintains a significant asset base in land and buildings valued at over £11 million.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

CANDIA HELEN COMPTONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
BENJAMIN IAN COMPTON · trustee of 2 other charities
CHRISTOPHER COMPTON · trustee of 1 other charity
JANINE EMMA COBAIN · trustee of 1 other charity
JULIAN SALMON
MARGARET SALMON · trustee of 2 other charities
Madeleine Cobain · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Shropshire · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£205k	£114k
31/12/2024	£205k	£67k
31/12/2023	£225k	£259k
31/12/2022	£190k	£232k
31/12/2021	£212k	£173k

Common questions

Is THE WORGAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,290,564, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees note that reserves were depleted by a renovation programme, necessitating long-term borrowing which continues to be repaid. Despite this debt, the charity maintains a significant asset base in land and buildings valued at over £11 million. 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 NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£22k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	2	£274k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£26k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.4m
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£600k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£395k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	1	£165k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST.

THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST income £234k
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
THE COUNTRY TRUST income £1.8m
THE PENSTHORPE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £145k
THE SHALLOWFORD TRUST income £275k
Wychwood Forest Trust Ltd income £168k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WORGAN TRUST	£205k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025	£234k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WORCESTERSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE COUNTRY TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PENSTHORPE CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£145k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE SHALLOWFORD TRUST FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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