WMVS Children in Care Foundation

Analysis

WMVS Children in Care Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, WMVS Children in Care Foundation reported income of £233k and spending of £267k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £234k to £233k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, WMVS Children in Care Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linking Lives UK (£233k), The Community of St John Baptist General Purposes CIO (£234k) and Smile Through Sport (£233k).

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.