Prosper Wakefield District Ltd

Analysis

Prosper Wakefield District Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00489136). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Prosper Wakefield District Ltd reported income of £722k and spending of £753k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £675k to £722k (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 406%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Prosper Wakefield District Ltd sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2 (£721k), The Smiles Foundation (£722k) and Peterborough United Foundation (£720k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 71% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £458k. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 188 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.