The Peter Willmott Foundation

Registered charity 326530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WILLMOTT DIXON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WILLMOTT DIXON FOUNDATION

The Peter Willmott Foundation helps people to overcome barriers and thrive by supporting charities and organisations that share this purpose.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR 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: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£284k

Latest spending

£208k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net assets of £96,255 and unrestricted reserves of £80,923, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future administrative costs. The charity reports no debt and confirms it has adequate resources to continue in existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing. However, the trustees note that the charity is dependent on funding from Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited and donations through JustGiving, with no donations formally committed in advance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet its future administrative costs for the following year (reserves figure: £81k)

“The foundation will hold a minimum level of unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet its future administrative costs for the following year. At the year end the level of unrestricted reserves amounted to £80,923” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Peter Willmott Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

GRAHAM MARK DUNDAS MR
Hugh Edward Earle Raven
RICHARD WILLMOTT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£284k	£208k
31/12/2024	£86k	£134k
31/12/2023	£97k	£60k
31/12/2022	£63k	£85k
31/12/2021	£56k	£21k

Common questions

Is The Peter Willmott Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net assets of £96,255 and unrestricted reserves of £80,923, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future administrative costs. The charity reports no debt and confirms it has adequate resources to continue in existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing. However, the trustees note that the charity is dependent on funding from Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited and donations through JustGiving, with no donations formally committed in advance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Peter Willmott Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Peter Willmott Foundation as a grant recipient include THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£100k

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
Ripple Effect International	1	£150k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£56k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£38k
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£20k
PLYMOUTH VCSE	1	£15k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	1	£13k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£13k
THE VARRIER-JONES FOUNDATION	1	£8k

Charities like this

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

THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION income £3.2m
WILMCOTE VILLAGE HALL AND YOUTH CENTRE income £25k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m
HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST income £131k
WORTHING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP income £47k
WILLIAMSON TRUST income £727k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Peter Willmott Foundation	£284k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION FY2026	£3.2m	£60,000 to £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
WILMCOTE VILLAGE HALL AND YOUTH CENTRE FY2025	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST FY2025	£131k	—	0	above	9.4%	no doubt
WORTHING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£47k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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