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the wilberforce trust

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, and people with disabilities. The Wilberforce Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in York and operates in North Yorkshire and City Of York.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Provision of tenanted accommodation,support staff, training & rehabilitation services, learning & social activities for children & adults. Equipment training & provision including, Information technology devices. Comprehensive advice and guidance, living with visual impairment including other disabilities specialist training for care workers, companies & other services. Community services.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£5,055,137
Latest Expenditure
£4,632,298

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 90.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.7%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £62,209
Charitable Activities £4,696,316
Other Trading £85,418
Investments £186,194
Other Income £25,000

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £4,571,901
Raising Funds £60,397
Governance £5,510
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£5,055,137£4,632,298£4,571,901£15,705,976£3,496,361130 / 33
2023£4,428,841£3,892,163£3,840,500£15,074,676£1,245,905125 / 65
2022£3,877,412£3,424,312£3,358,979£14,681,845£1,828,327105 / 20
2021£4,124,735£3,155,603£3,111,485£13,949,213£2,244,879115 / 50
2020£3,922,164£3,531,089£3,476,462£11,860,970£4,072,79190 / 56

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers