WORLD WELLBEING MOVEMENT LTD
Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£328k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2024
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £672,416 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of the same amount. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting requirements and that no matters requiring attention came to their attention during the examination.
What the accounts disclose
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 13811247 · Financial health read from its filings
The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)
- Equity: £700k
- Average employees: 11
What the charity says about itself (2026)
The prompt asks for a charity's voluntary annual review/impact report. The provided text is a research report by the 'World Wellbeing Movement' (WWM), which appears to be a research organization or think tank rather than a traditional service-delivering charity. However, per instructions to extract from the provided text without evaluating the entity type, I will extract the factual claims made in the report.
“National life satisfaction has increased only marginally since our last report, up from an average of 7.45 in 2023 to 7.51 in 2025.”
Claim about the proportion of adults in 'happiness poverty'.
“it remains deeply worrying that 1 in 8 adults remain in happiness poverty.”
Claim about the proportion of adults 'flourishing'.
“only 1 in 4 adults live above the Flourishing Line – the same number as in our previous report.”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Prof Lord Richard Layard — Founding Director
- Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve — Director
- Lord Gus O’Donnell — Board Director
- LaFawn Davis — Board Director
- Karen Guggenheim — Board Director
- Barbara Jeffery — Board Director
- Kate Thompson — Board Director
Company officers (Companies House)
- DAVIS, Lafawn, Mrs. on trustee list
- GUGGENHEIM, Karen, Ms. on trustee list
- JEFFERY, Barbara Ailin on trustee list
- O’DONNELL, Augustine Thomas, Lord not on trustee list
- DE NEVE, Jan-Emmanuel, Prof not on trustee list
- LAYARD, Richard, Prof on trustee list
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£328k
Reserves (reported)
£672k
Employees
10
Trustees
- Professor Lord Richard Layardchair
- Barbara Ailin Jeffery
- Karen Guggenheim
- LaFawn Davis
- Lord Augustine ODonnell
- Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £1.0m | £328k |
Common questions
Is WORLD WELLBEING MOVEMENT LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £672,416 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of the same amount. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with accounting requirements and that no matters requiring attention came to their attention during the examination. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION | 1 | £1.0m |
| THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL | 1 | £999k |
| THE HEALTH FOUNDATION | 1 | £496k |
| THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION | 1 | £382k |
| THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £300k |
| THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION | 1 | £220k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| THE DULVERTON TRUST | 1 | £145k |
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- COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY
- FULL FACT
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- WAY UK
- WORD OF LIFE MINISTRIES (LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM)
- The Movements Trust Limited
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORLD WELLBEING MOVEMENT LTD | £1.0m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITY WELFARE ACADEMY | £133k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FULL FACT | £2.9m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| BISMILLAH WELFARE ASSOCIATION UK | £46k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WAY UK | £210k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| WORD OF LIFE MINISTRIES (LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM) | £130k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |