WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

Registered charity 1060963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC049019 (OSCR)

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1997

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£640k

Reserves (reported)

£931k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Paul Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
BARBARA SUSAN WHITE OBE
Benjamin John Alcraft
Christopher Bailey
David Arthur Michael Lindley
Louise Field
Mandy Dawn Sims
Paul Furbey

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

Operates in: Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.1m	£1.5m
31/12/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£1.0m	£1.0m

Common questions

Who funds WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR as a grant recipient include TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£86k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£1k