WONDER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1148679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1: Empowering Women through supporting/creating healthcare & education initiatives in the UK and overseas so that they can exit poverty2: Instigating Social Change through engaging with beneficiaries, experts, policymakers, donors and contributors3: Sharing Best Practice and learning among our partners to improve operational & management efficiencies, maximizing resource use & impact.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total revenue for the year was £1,446,709, resulting in a small net income of £15,379. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £574,371, which represents 10 months of expenditure, aligning with the charity's policy target of maintaining reserves between 8 and 12 months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“This was primarily due to generous direct donations from Corporates and Individuals, Trusts & Foundations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WONDER Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reserves (reported)
£574k
Employees
11

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolivia · Brazil · Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · India · Ivory Coast · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Lebanon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.7m
31/03/2022£954k£896k
31/03/2021£999k£577k

Common questions

Is WONDER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total revenue for the year was £1,446,709, resulting in a small net income of £15,379. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £574,371, which represents 10 months of expenditure, aligning with the charity's policy target of maintaining reserves between 8 and 12 months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds WONDER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WONDER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HARAMEAD TRUST, PIMCO FOUNDATION EUROPE, SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST, EA FOUNDATION, THE FYRISH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2022£595k
PIMCO FOUNDATION EUROPEFY2022£101kChildren
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUSTFY2024£56k
EA FOUNDATIONFY2023£36kFor the renovation of the kitchen, critical to the successful delivery of the courses and in effectively reaching thousands of marginalised women at risk.
THE FYRISH FOUNDATIONFY2023£31k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£30kInvesting in better youth policy
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2023£30kInvesting in better youth policy
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£15kOverseas education
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£12k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUSTFY2022£10k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£7kVoices from the Front Line
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kSupport of young women on the ivory coast
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kInternational
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARK, REIGATEFY2022£2kMentoring programme at Sorawell Professional Training College
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2025£20kSkills Confidence and Opportunities for Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund26/07/2024£20kEquipping Young People in our Community with Essential Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2023£10kEmpowering young people with employability skills
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2022£10kTraining and support of diaspora young people to develop employability skills
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2019£10kSkill Up
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£7kGiving Back: Celebrating & Connecting Diaspora and Ethnic Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund24/08/2016£10kEngaging safeguarding that works
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2015£10kEntrepreneurial Tech Skills development

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 WONDERFUL GIFT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WONDER FOUNDATION£1.4m—0within—no doubt
WONDERFUL GIFT LIMITED FY2024£105k—0above—no doubt
THE WORTH FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£653k—0above—no doubt
SHARING WONDERS FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
WONDERFULLY MADE WOMAN FY2024£231k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOW FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt

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