LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 3 January 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £9,350
Latest expenditure: £20,355
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: CHURCH RATE CORNER, MALTING LANE, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9HF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.wittgen-cam.ac.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The work of the charity is to edit and publish the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein. The charity also seeks to advance the education of the public in the life, works and philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 22 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £9,350
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,355

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 14 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £43,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,505

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 27 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £58,162
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,135

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 10 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 10 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £40,369
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,362

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £49,432
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,810

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 14 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £43,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,505
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 27 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £58,162
Total Gross Expenditure: £45,135
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 10 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £40,369
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,362
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £49,432
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,810
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Germany
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Austria
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-01-03T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 6 DECEMBER 1996 as amended on 16 Jul 2025
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE, BY RESEARCHING,TEACHING,LECTURING AND PUBLISHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY,LANGUAGE,PSYCHOLOGY,MATHEMATICS,THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND THE ARTS AND(BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING)THE STUDY,WITH THE AIM OF PUBLICATION OF THE UNPUBLISHED WORKS OF THE LATE LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN,BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO,THE AFOREMENTIONED SUBJECTS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE,WORKS AND PHILOSOPHY OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED