Magazine Wharf Kids

Analysis

Magazine Wharf Kids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Magazine Wharf Kids reported income of £13k and spending of £9,880, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £13k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Magazine Wharf Kids sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onneley Village Hall (£13k), Samaritans of Scarborough (£13k) and Kumon Y'all (£13k).