Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation

Analysis

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03496304). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.7m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.3m (-22%), an average of -6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Twins Trust Ltd (£1.3m), The Players Foundation (£1.3m) and Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, charitable activities 20%, investments 3.1% and trading 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £449k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £280k. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.