Wellesley Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Wellesley Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Wellesley Charitable Foundation reported income of £98k and spending of £40k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £40k to £98k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 196%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wellesley Charitable Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle West End Sport Community Association (£98k), Professors Without Borders (£98k) and Kingswood Village Community Association (£97k).