THE GENIES WISH CHARITY

Registered charity 1193000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To grant individual wishes to terminally and seriously ill people from Birth to 40 years of age across England & Wales, as well as individual wishes and group trip days out to Young Carers from 5 to 18.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DIAGNOSED CHRONIC OR CRITICAL MEDICAL CONDITION, INCLUDING TERMINAL ILLNESSES AGED BETWEEN 0-40 AND THE CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE AGED 5-16 BY GRANTING FEASIBLE WISHES AND PROVIDING SPECIAL EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES.

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

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Latest income

£324k

Latest spending

£394k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £176,467 from £245,914 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £69,447. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Reserves are currently below the stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months expenditure (held: £176k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Genie's Wish Charity (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).

Flatt Consulting — “It is with great pleasure that I and everyone at Flatt Consulting will be supporting The Genie’s Wish Charity over the coming months/years. …” (source page)
Propshoot — “PropShoot (part of the PropSki brand) has always been proud to demonstrate our social responsibility and our core values remain the same tod…” (source page)
Paramount 4 — “It is with great pleasure that myself and everyone at Paramount 4 will be supporting The Genie’s Wish Charity over the coming months/years. …” (source page)
Second Chance — “I have now gone out alone and with my new business, Second Chance, here in Rhyl, North Wales, we will continue to support The Genie’s Wish C…” (source page)
Cheshire Business Expos — “This is why we at Cheshire Business Exhibitions have decided for The Genies Wish to be our charity of choice!” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Harry Heathchair
Lesley Kay
Louise Eagle · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Widdowson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£324k	£394k
31/03/2024	£338k	£248k
31/03/2023	£219k	£127k
31/03/2022	£94k	£29k

Common questions

Is THE GENIES WISH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £176,467 from £245,914 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £69,447. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Reserves are currently below the stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. Its FY2025 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
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	2	£176k
THE WOOSNAM FOUNDATION	2	£10k
SSP FOUNDATION	2	£1k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION	1	£8.3m
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	1	£565k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£399k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION	1	£293k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK.

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK income £11.9m
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR income £1.1m
WISHES 4 KIDS income £249k
PURPLE HEART WISHES income £114k
THE DREAM FACTORY income £174k
THE MAGIC WISHING WELL income £363k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GENIES WISH CHARITY	£324k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£11.9m	—	—	unclear	46.0%	no doubt
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WISHES 4 KIDS FY2025	£249k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PURPLE HEART WISHES FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DREAM FACTORY FY2025	£174k	—	0	above	—	noted

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