Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited

Analysis

Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in November 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 01523794). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited reported income of £208k and spending of £197k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £96k to £208k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Henry Lumley Charitable Trust (£208k), PCC of Bishops Hatfield St Etheldreda with St Luke (£208k) and Northgate Ward Development Group (Canterbury) (£208k).