The Peggy Wood Foundation

Analysis

The Peggy Wood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sittingbourne. It was registered in August 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Peggy Wood Foundation reported income of £118k and spending of £158k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £118k (+434%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Peggy Wood Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barry Gymnasium Limited (£118k), Tamworth Wellbeing and Cancer Support Centre (£118k) and Dimobi Children Disability Trust (£118k).

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.