Charity Filings Record

United Kingdom · Registered charity (England and Wales)

Wellcome Trust: financial filings

Wellcome Trust, registered as WELLCOME TRUST, is on the register of charities kept by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity number 210183. The figures below are total gross income and total expenditure for the 5 most recent financial periods shown on the register's financial history page, as the register displays them (GBP, rounded to millions or billions to two decimal places).1

IdentifierRegistered charity number 210183
RegulatorCharity Commission for England and Wales
Income, year to 30 September 2025GBP 589.5 million
ExpenditureGBP 2.05 billion

Filings by year

2021: GBP 410.3 million2021: GBP 1.37 billion20212022: GBP 502.3 million2022: GBP 1.49 billion20222023: GBP 541.8 million2023: GBP 1.66 billion20232024: GBP 569.5 million2024: GBP 1.63 billion20242025: GBP 589.5 million2025: GBP 2.05 billion2025
Total incomeTotal expenditure
Year endingFormIncomeExpenditure
30 September 20251Annual return to the Charity Commission (register financial history)GBP 589.5 millionGBP 2.05 billion
30 September 20241Annual return to the Charity Commission (register financial history)GBP 569.5 millionGBP 1.63 billion
30 September 20231Annual return to the Charity Commission (register financial history)GBP 541.8 millionGBP 1.66 billion
30 September 20221Annual return to the Charity Commission (register financial history)GBP 502.3 millionGBP 1.49 billion
30 September 20211Annual return to the Charity Commission (register financial history)GBP 410.3 millionGBP 1.37 billion

Rounded by the register to two decimal places of GBP millions or billions, so totals shown here are the register figures, for example £589.46m.

Where the money came from and went

Line30 September 202130 September 202230 September 202330 September 202430 September 2025
Income from government grantsGBP 4.9 millionGBP 1.2 millionGBP 1.1 millionGBP 1.7 millionGBP 2.0 million
Income - Donations and legaciesGBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 272,680
Income - Other trading activitiesGBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0
Income - Charitable activitiesGBP 24.1 millionGBP 28.9 millionGBP 30.9 millionGBP 27.7 millionGBP 30.2 million
Income - EndowmentsGBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0
Income - InvestmentGBP 286.4 millionGBP 365.9 millionGBP 475.3 millionGBP 477.4 millionGBP 538.3 million
Income - OtherGBP 99.8 millionGBP 107.5 millionGBP 35.6 millionGBP 64.4 millionGBP 20.7 million
Income - LegaciesGBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0GBP 0
Expenditure - Charitable activitiesGBP 1.18 billionGBP 1.34 billionGBP 1.49 billionGBP 1.45 billionGBP 1.88 billion
Expenditure - Raising fundsGBP 109.8 millionGBP 74.8 millionGBP 94.1 millionGBP 96.6 millionGBP 99.1 million
Expenditure - GovernanceGBP 3.6 millionGBP 4.8 millionGBP 6.0 millionGBP 6.3 millionGBP 6.1 million
Expenditure - Investment managementGBP 109.8 millionGBP 74.8 millionGBP 94.1 millionGBP 96.6 millionGBP 99.1 million
Expenditure - OtherGBP 76.5 millionGBP 76.3 millionGBP 76.5 millionGBP 76.6 millionGBP 76.3 million

Figures are as reported in the filing for each year, in the currency of the filing. Totals are not adjusted for inflation.

Sources

  1. Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities, WELLCOME TRUST, charity number 210183, financial history (28 October 2026)