DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST

Registered charity 262251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General grantgiving

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£135k

Latest spending

£121k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £3,789,660, with unrestricted reserves of £214,277. The trustees report that reserves remain above their stated policy target of one year's grants. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's grants (held: £214k)

“Reserves remain above the minimum level set by the Trustees, namely one year's grants.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lawes & Co UK Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

TIM BAINESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
GUY BIGGIN
MR MARK NAUGHTON

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£135k	£121k
31/03/2024	£137k	£123k
31/03/2023	£127k	£101k
31/03/2022	£116k	£102k
31/03/2021	£104k	£94k

Common questions

Is DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £3,789,660, with unrestricted reserves of £214,277. The trustees report that reserves remain above their stated policy target of one year's grants. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lawes & Co UK Limited.

Who funds DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST as a grant recipient include CORAM LIFE EDUCATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	FY2024	£2k	Provision of Life Education workshops in schools within Bristol

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
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£183k
THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, ST ALBANS	1	£900
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK	1	£600
RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £187k
BELVEDERE TRUST income £773k
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST income £120k
THE VINCENT SOCIETY income £837k
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST income £92k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAME VIOLET WILLS WILL TRUST	£135k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BELVEDERE TRUST FY2025	£773k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£120k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE VINCENT SOCIETY FY2024	£837k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£92k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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