THE WIGGLY WORM LIMITED

Registered charity 1124647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Wiggly Worm charity creates opportunities for life through practical experiences and challenges in the world of food.Our projects include Kitchen Challenge programmes, No Person Hungry campaign, Get Cooking sessions, and many partnership projects. We use food education to develop skills and health.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS ) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECT OF COOKING AND FOOD SKILLS, TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION INTO SOUND NUTRITION AND IN DOING SO TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £72,952, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £43,727. The charity reported a net income surplus of £31,743 for the year, driven primarily by charitable activities and donations. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £42,146 — grants £42,146 (3); 29% of the £144,247 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £16,013 — grants £16,013 (3); 22% of the £72,953 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £3,329 — grants £3,329 (2); 10% of the £33,231 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wiggly Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£144k£113k
31/10/2024£73k£103k
31/10/2023£33k£124k
31/10/2022£31k£68k
31/10/2021£130k£215k

Common questions

Is THE WIGGLY WORM LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £72,952, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £43,727. The charity reported a net income surplus of £31,743 for the year, driven primarily by charitable activities and donations. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WIGGLY WORM LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WIGGLY WORM LIMITED as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2024£49k
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITYFY2021amount not statedOrganisation grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2026£18kWiggly Community Kitchen
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£10k'Cook & Eat' @ The Community Kitchen

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELPING WHITTLESEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WIGGLY WORM LIMITED£144k—0unclear—no doubt
HELPING WHITTLESEY FY2026£94k—0unclear—no doubt
BINGLEY COMMUNITY KITCHEN FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE FY2025£2.6m——above—noted
WELLGATE COMMUNITY FARM FY2025£228k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.