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w g s trust

The charity supports children and young people. W G S Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Manchester and operates in Bolton, Bury, and various other locations.


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

The objects of the charity are the advancement of the educational work of Withington Girls' School (charity number 1158226) and the advancement of education. A specific aim is to maintain and enhance the level of means-tested bursary support to safeguard the diversity of the school community. It addition, the charity provides financial support for the school's on-going building programme.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,435,429
Latest Expenditure
£978,565

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 62.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 91.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 9.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £505,461
Charitable Activities £462,925
Other Trading £0
Investments £467,043
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £893,292
Raising Funds £85,273
Governance £3,630
Grants to Institutions £864,480
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,435,429£978,565£893,292£9,706,181£5,637,5010 / 0
2023£1,037,954£868,780£776,608£7,912,311£4,479,4710 / 0
2022£1,026,733£1,830,425£1,748,784£9,437,803£5,319,2350 / 0
2021£977,256£874,559£786,203£11,397,450£6,861,8170 / 0
2020£876,074£805,218£726,637£8,579,239£5,107,1030 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers