WICKENS FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation is a grant making charity. Its grant making activity will primarily focus on making grants to charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales for the purposes of assisting disadvantaged young people and adults (both in the UK and worldwide).

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Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £45,428 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with unrestricted funds totaling £285,828. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization is a small charitable incorporated organisation with no employees and no audit requirement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations receivable comprise donations of £223,614 (2025: £236,114) made by Store Property Holdings Limited, where R F Wickens and S F Wickens are directors and the three trustees are shareholders. Store Property Holdings Limited also makes available the use of office facilities at no cost to the charity.

“Donations receivable comprise donations of £223,614 (2025: £236,114) made by Store Property Holdings Limited, where R F Wickens and S F Wickens are directors and the three trustees are shareholders. Store Property Holdings Limited also makes available the use of office facilities at no cost to the charity.” — page 13

“Grants totalling £25,555 (2025: £47,500) were made to Children on the Edge. A Trustee of the charity is also a Trustee of Children on the Edge.” — page 13

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants totalling £25,555 (2025: £47,500) were made to Children on the Edge. A Trustee of the charity is also a Trustee of Children on the Edge.

“Donations receivable comprise donations of £223,614 (2025: £236,114) made by Store Property Holdings Limited, where R F Wickens and S F Wickens are directors and the three trustees are shareholders. Store Property Holdings Limited also makes available the use of office facilities at no cost to the charity.” — page 13

“Grants totalling £25,555 (2025: £47,500) were made to Children on the Edge. A Trustee of the charity is also a Trustee of Children on the Edge.” — page 13

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roger Foster Wickenschair
Rebecca Dawn Foster Wickens
Sarah Foster Wickens

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£224k	£178k
31/03/2025	£236k	£214k
31/03/2024	£236k	£217k
31/03/2023	£236k	£181k
31/03/2022	£236k	£214k

Common questions

Is WICKENS FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £45,428 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with unrestricted funds totaling £285,828. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization is a small charitable incorporated organisation with no employees and no audit requirement. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION	1	£230k
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRADLEY AND KATHERINE WICKENS FOUNDATION.

THE BRADLEY AND KATHERINE WICKENS FOUNDATION income £256k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION income £5.0m
Sir Graham Wylie Foundation income £239k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION income £956k
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £598k
THE WREKIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION income £563k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WICKENS FAMILY FOUNDATION	£224k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRADLEY AND KATHERINE WICKENS FOUNDATION FY2024	£256k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Sir Graham Wylie Foundation FY2024	£239k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024	£956k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£598k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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