THE SPENCER WILLS TRUST

Registered charity 278023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust supports charities associated with the arts and local organisations of particular personal interest to the trustees.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an Accountant's Report to the Board of The Spencer Wills Trust for the year ended 31 March 2026, not the financial statements themselves. The report explicitly states that no audit or review was carried out, and therefore no opinion is expressed on the statutory accounts. Consequently, no financial data regarding reserves, income, or expenditure is available in this text to assess financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£48k£62k
31/03/2025£48k£67k
31/03/2024£48k£67k
31/03/2023£47k£68k
31/03/2022£47k£57k

Common questions

Is THE SPENCER WILLS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is an Accountant's Report to the Board of The Spencer Wills Trust for the year ended 31 March 2026, not the financial statements themselves. The report explicitly states that no audit or review was carried out, and therefore no opinion is expressed on the statutory accounts. Consequently, no financial data regarding reserves, income, or expenditure is available in this text to assess financial health. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SPENCER WILLS TRUST£48k——unclear—no doubt
THE WELLS TRUST FY2026£198k——unclear—no doubt
WITHINGTON WALLS FY2025£40k——unclear—no doubt
THE PENNY TRUST FY2026£98k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SPENCER STEADMAN TRUST FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRURO CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£24k—0unclear—no doubt

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