The Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation

Analysis

The Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation reported income of £60k and spending of £29k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £13k to £60k (+350%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 497%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Happy Wanderers Ambulance Organisation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Manchester South Asian Women's Out of Hours Support (£60k), The Ringside Charitable Trust (£60k) and Grace Community Church Leeds North (£59k).