Sharing Wonders

Analysis

Sharing Wonders is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in November 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 company (Companies House number 09459426). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Sharing Wonders reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £458k to £1.1m (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sharing Wonders sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scannappeal (£1.1m), Hipz (Health Improvement Project Zanzibar) (£1.1m) and Liverpool Life Science Accelerator Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £41k. Reserves of £345k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

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.