The Victoria Wood Foundation
Analysis
The Victoria Wood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Victoria Wood Foundation reported income of £105k and spending of £312k, spending 296% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £203k to £105k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 217% of the income it received.
Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Victoria Wood Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chads Theatre Company (£105k), Kingswood Community Association (£106k) and Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust (£105k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Victoria Wood Foundation was set up after the death of Victoria Wood. It seeks to support the areas of the arts that Victoria was interested in in her lifetime, and in the parts of the country where she spent most of her life, in and around London and in the North of England.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Chads Theatre Company | Cheshire | £105k |
| Kingswood Community Association | Bristol | £106k |
| Bodmin Railway Heritage Trust | Cornwall | £105k |
| The Old Vic Endowment Trust | London | £106k |