Wai Yin Society

Analysis

Wai Yin Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03479994). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wai Yin Society reported income of £516k and spending of £671k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £766k to £516k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wai Yin Society 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yad Vashem UK Foundation (£515k), East Harptree Nursery Pre-School (£516k) and Sunbury and Walton Unit 327 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£513k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 7.0%, donations and legacies 2.9% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £431k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.