Underwired

Analysis

Underwired is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Underwired reported income of £61k and spending of £52k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £77k to £61k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Underwired sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gloucester (1682) Charitable Trust (£61k), The Bury Athenaeum (£61k) and Ealing Choral Society (£61k).