The Wimbledon Foundation

Analysis

The Wimbledon Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wimbledon. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08559364). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Wimbledon Foundation reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £4.6m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wimbledon Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broom Foundation (£4.6m), Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (£4.6m) and Charity for St Joseph's Missionary Society (Generalate) (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.0m. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.