THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 299963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

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

Latest income

£245k

Latest spending

£482k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £12.4m to £11.9m due to a net loss on investments and grant expenditures exceeding unrestricted income. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet commitments and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £11.9m)

“The Trustees consider that, when possible, it is appropriate to hold free funds, both to meet the short-term working capital needs of the Trust and in anticipation of the potential payment of subsequent grant instalments.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Camilla Davan Woodward · trustee of 2 other charities
KATHERINE MATILDA ROSE WOODWARD
Olivia Mary Victoria Woodward
SHAUN ANTHONY WOODWARD Rt Hon
Thomas Hunniwood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£245k	£482k
05/04/2024	£202k	£403k
05/04/2023	£134k	£431k
05/04/2022	£107k	£414k
05/04/2021	£159k	£386k

Common questions

Is THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £12.4m to £11.9m due to a net loss on investments and grant expenditures exceeding unrestricted income. The Trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet commitments and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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 ERNEST COOK TRUST	1	£99k

Charities like this

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

THE MARK LEONARD TRUST income £1.3m
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
OUTHWAITE CHARITABLE TRUST income £138k
THE LINBURY TRUST income £5.7m
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST income £178k
HARTSWOOD TRUST income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	£245k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
OUTHWAITE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LINBURY TRUST FY2025	£5.7m	£110,001 - £120,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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