My Wish Charity

Analysis

My Wish Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, My Wish Charity reported income of £660k and spending of £567k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £695k to £660k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, My Wish Charity sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sydenham Garden (£659k), Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (£660k) and Cambridge United Foundation Limited (£659k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87% and trading 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £358k. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 41%. Grants to other organisations totalled £335k. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 65 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.