The John and Lorna Wing Foundation

Analysis

The John and Lorna Wing Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The John and Lorna Wing Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £71k, spending 461% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £15k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 854% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The John and Lorna Wing Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Head & Neck Cancer and Rhinology Trust (£15k), The Rotary Club of Northampton Benevolent Fund (£15k) and Ken and Sylvia Hymas Charitable Trust (£15k).

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.