Community Foundation for Wakefield

Analysis

Community Foundation for Wakefield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06236043). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Foundation for Wakefield reported income of £192k and spending of £230k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £144k to £192k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Foundation for Wakefield sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helping Little Angels (£192k), The Wragby and District Swimming Club (£193k) and Cervical Spine Research Society (European Section) (£192k).