2wish

Analysis

2wish is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontyclun. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 2wish reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.7m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £524k to £2.5m (+383%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 2wish sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Trust (£2.5m), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund (£2.5m) and The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, donations and legacies 33%, trading 9.3% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £27k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Reserves of £405k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.