The Wo Street Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Wo Street Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knutsford. It was registered in October 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wo Street Charitable Foundation reported income of £452k and spending of £619k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £323k to £452k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Wo Street Charitable Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Earls Court Youth Club (£443k), Impact Family Services (£453k) and Carer Support Furness (£438k).

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.