WONDER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1148679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q61932837

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.

Objects

4.1 The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1 The advancement of education amongst, but not exclusively, women and girls by developing or improving the necessary knowledge or skills for living a fulfilled, safe, healthy or self-sufficient life;4.1.2 The prevention or relief of poverty amongst, but not exclusively, women and girls;4.1.3 The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in particular, but not exclusively, women and girls affected by exploitation, domestic abuse and forced marriages;4.1.4 Promotion of efficiency and effectiveness in the charitable activities of not-for­profit organisations, voluntary groups and charities working for the benefit of the public.

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

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

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £456,478 for the year, primarily due to the early adoption of SORP 2026 income recognition principles which deferred £402,198 of grant funding. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £468,539, equivalent to approximately eight months of expenditure, which falls within the stated policy target of 8 to 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and charitable activities (55% of income)
“Total income from charitable activities 2026 107,822 564,931 672,753”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: eight months of average operating costs (held: £469k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to 8 to 12 months of average operating costs.” — page 22
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 105
  • Government income: £7,415 — grants £7,415 (1); under 1% of the £1,222,786 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £19,750 — grants £19,750 (1); 1% of the £1,446,709 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 21
  • Government income: £20,000 — contracts £10,000 (1), grants £10,000 (1); 1% of the £1,409,564 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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 31/03/2026)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£88k
Reserves (reported)
£469k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 7.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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
31/03/2026£1.2m£1.7m
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

Common questions

Is WONDER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £456,478 for the year, primarily due to the early adoption of SORP 2026 income recognition principles which deferred £402,198 of grant funding. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £468,539, equivalent to approximately eight months of expenditure, which falls within the stated policy target of 8 to 12 months. Its FY2026 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 TRUSTFY2023£30kInvesting in better youth policy
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£30kInvesting in better youth policy
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£15kOverseas education
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£12k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUSTFY2022£10k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£7kVoices from the Front Line
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kSupport of young women on the ivory coast
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£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 TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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£1.2m—0within—no doubt
WONDERFUL GIFT LIMITED FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
SHARING WONDERS FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WAYFINDERWOMAN TRUST FY2025£67k—0above—no doubt
WELLBEING OF WOMEN FY2025£2.4m——below—no doubt
WORTHING WOMEN'S AID FY2025£714k—0above—no doubt

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