MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 295672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAKE-A-WISH, MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC037479 (OSCR)

Latest income
£11.9m
Latest spending
£13.0m
Registered
1986

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£11.9m
Total spending
£13.0m
Cost of raising funds
£5.2m
Reserves (reported)
£3.8m
Employees
90

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£11.9m£13.0m
31/08/2024£12.2m£12.4m
31/08/2023£11.4m£12.2m
31/08/2022£10.7m£11.2m
31/08/2021£5.1m£5.2m

Common questions

Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK as a grant recipient include THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION, THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE MANOUKIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE RISMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£300kSpecial Award 2025 Year 2 of 3
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£10kWin Win with Postcode Lottery
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£300kSpecial Award 2024 Year 1 of 3