Wishing Well Project

Analysis

Wishing Well Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sandbach. It was registered in November 2018, 8 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 06227115). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Wishing Well Project reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £692k to £1.1m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wishing Well Project 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 Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity (£1.1m), Jews for Jesus (£1.1m) and The Colt Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53% and donations and legacies 46%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £142k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.