WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY — grant history

Registered charity 326691 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£3.6m
Grants listed (FY2025)
15
Listed grants total
£465k
Accounts grants total
£1.5m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.woodenspoon.org.uk · woodenspoon.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/ · woodenspoon.org.uk/fundraising-promise/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Disability (6 grantees)
  • Education/training (5 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
  • Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
  • Recreation (1 grantee)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
  • Amateur Sport (1 grantee)
  • Animals (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (4 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Calderdale (1 grantee)
  • City Of Wakefield (1 grantee)
  • Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Kirklees (1 grantee)
  • Leeds City (1 grantee)
  • Lewisham (1 grantee)
  • Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Reading (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Broadstreet RFCFY2025£55kTag Fest
The Wave Project 4 locationsFY2025£45kHealth and Wellbeing/Specialist Equipment
Saltersgate School EdinburghFY2025£40kSpecialist Equipment and Facilities
Cancer Focus NI UlsyrtFY2025£40kSpecialist Equipment and Facilities
Maddys MarkFY2025£35kHealth and Wellbeing
Dogs for GoodFY2025£35kHealth and Wellbeing
Pass the PlateFY2025£34kHealth and Wellbeing
The Nurture Project NorthumberlandFY2025£30kHealth and Wellbeing
Haberton School UlsterFY2025£26kSensory Rooms and Gardens
Park Community AcademyFY2025£25kPlaygrounds and Outdoor Activities
Park Community Academy LancashireFY2025£25kPlaygrounds and Outdoor Activities
Whitecote Primary School YorkshireFY2025£25kSpecialist Equipment and Facilities
School of Hard KnocksFY2025£25kEducation
Ambitious about AutismFY2025£20kSensory Rooms and Gardens
Warmley WheelersFY2025£5kBicycle Made for Two
School of Hard KnocksFY2024£53kHealth & Wellbeing
Ashton Secondary SchoolFY2024£46kSensory Rooms and Gardens
Seamad Care and EducationFY2024£46kSpecialist Equipment & Facilities
LifelitesFY2024£40kSensory Rooms and Gardens
RugbytotsFY2024£35kHealth & Wellbeing
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Perth & KinrossFY2024£35kSpecialist Equipment & Facilities
Harberton Special SchoolFY2024£30kSensory Rooms and Gardens
Hillside Specialist School & CollegeFY2024£27kPlaygrounds and Outdoor Activities
White Lodge CentreFY2024£27kPlaygrounds and Outdoor Activities
Friends of Braidburn Special SchoolFY2024£25kSpecialist Equipment & Facilities
HITZ 2022/23FY2023£80kEducation
Addey and Stanhope SchoolFY2023£40kPlaygrounds & Outdoor Activities
Clapgate Primary SchoolFY2023£37kBuildings & Extensions
Old Hall Special SchoolFY2023£25kPlaygrounds & Outdoor Activities
Marjorie McClure Specialist SchoolFY2023£25kSensory Rooms & Gardens
Forget Me Not Children’s HospiceFY2023£25kPlaygrounds & Outdoor Activities
Ruddi’s RetreatFY2023£25kSpecialist Equipment & Facilities
The Walnuts SchoolFY2023£25kPlaygrounds & Outdoor Activities

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 464985 vs reference 1506730 (69.1% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.