The Wight Aid Foundation

Analysis

The Wight Aid Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in April 2016, 10 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wight Aid Foundation reported income of £185k and spending of £143k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £138k to £185k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Wight Aid Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 The Good Soil Trust (£185k), Difficult Airway Society (£185k) and ACEARTS Limited (£185k).