WISHING HEARTS CHARITY

Registered charity 1198101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wishing Hearts Charity grants wishes for elderly people in Maidstone and the surrounding areas.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE, DO NOT HAVE ANY CLOSE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES AND WHO DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES BY THE PROVISIONS OF:A. GRANTING WISHES IN THE FORM OF ITEMS, EXPERIENCES, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THE BENEFICIARIES THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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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Registered contact address: Maidstone, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£23k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2022

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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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 4% of the £22,558 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 7% of the £13,900 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £900 — grants £900 (1); 4% of the £21,119 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 09/02/2024, 4 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£23k£12k
05/04/2024£14k£8k
05/04/2023£21k£12k

Common questions

Who funds WISHING HEARTS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WISHING HEARTS CHARITY as a grant recipient include CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2023£5kWish granting for elderly people