WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY

Registered charity 326691 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPOON, WOODEN SPOON, WSS · also registered in Scotland as SC039247 (OSCR)

Our vision is to make a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children and young people through our commitment to quality charitable work.Our projects are aimed at meeting the needs of children and young people in the British Isles aged up to 25 who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially.We fund capital projects and deliver operational social programmes.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially secure and a going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £2,460,502 and free reserves of £43,270. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and have a long-term target for free reserves of £500,000. The charity utilizes reserves to operate and aims to release regional activity funds for grants in the following financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wooden Spoon (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Nigel Timson — President (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Canterbury — “Canterbury, with over a century of knowledge goes into creating their world-class kit. Built to last. Truly tough. Designed for players. The…” (source page)
• Era4 — “Era 4 develops next-generation AI data centre infrastructure designed to support the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and high-perfor…” (source page)
• Gullivers Sports Travel — “Gullivers Sports Travel partners with Wooden Spoon by fundraising with the thousands of guests who they take to major worldwide rugby events…” (source page)
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) — “At HPE, we tackle the world’s toughest challenges. From powering autonomous vehicles to enabling medical breakthroughs, our essential techno…” (source page)
• Irwin Mitchell — “Long term sponsor Irwin Mitchell support our Rugby events Including our national Vets Rugby team and Vets fest weekend rugby tournament whic…” (source page)
• Little Giant — “New 2026 sponsor, Little Giant, is an Australian wine brand known for its short, stumpy bottles, featuring the southern hairy-nosed wombat o…” (source page)
• LMAX Exchange — “The Institutional Exchange — Superior Exchange Performance | Trading on Streaming Firm Limit Order Liquidity. Ultra-Low Latency Matching Eng…” (source page)
• Omerta IT — “Omerta was the proud headline sponsor of Vets Fest, an event bringing together 1,000 players over 35 for a weekend that raises over £110,000…” (source page)
• PING — “PING is a family-owned golf manufacturer, founded in 1959 by Karsten and Louise Solheim. The PING brand is synonymous with innovation, perfo…” (source page)
• PVC Building Supplies — “We’re also proud supporters of Wooden Spoon, whose work with disabled and disadvantaged children reflects the values at the heart of PVC.” (source page)
• Rugbytots — “Since 2015, Rugby Tots has raised over £1 million for Wooden Spoon’s charitable causes through bike rides and sponsored children’s Try-athlo…” (source page)
• Securitas — “Long term partner Securitas work with Wooden Spoon bringing their staff together to get involved in building community spaces – playgrounds,…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 59.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Quentin Paul Graham Smithchair
• Adrian Alli
• Ali Gilbert
• Brett Scott Bader
• JOHN GIBSON
• Jane Margaret Harwood
• Joanna Elizabeth Coombs
• Mark McCafferty
• Sarah Wight
• Victoria Marie Dayna Sparkes

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODCRAFT FOLK.

• WOODCRAFT FOLK income £1.8m
• WOODBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £141k
• UPWOOD SMALL TO TALL income £247k
• THE TIMBER TRADES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £222k
• BLOSSOMS LONDON LTD income £190k
• SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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