Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare (Incorporated)

Analysis

Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare (Incorporated) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1961, 65 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 00383330). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare (Incorporated) reported income of £2.4m and spending of £3.3m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.4m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare (Incorporated) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Euro Charity Trust (£2.4m), Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust (£2.4m) and Lafiya Nigeria Ltd (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64%, investments 27%, trading 4.6% and donations and legacies 4.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £16k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £506k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.

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.