Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Welfare Fund

Analysis

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Welfare Fund reported income of £281k and spending of £257k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £249k to £281k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. 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, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Welfare Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Community Projects (£281k), The Inspire Foundation (£282k) and Inspired (£281k).