Wooden Spoon Society

Analysis

Wooden Spoon Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fleet. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01847860). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wooden Spoon Society reported income of £3.8m and spending of £4.4m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.4m to £3.8m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wooden Spoon Society 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency Limited (£3.8m), Trust Property Held Icw the English Province of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (£3.8m) and Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, donations and legacies 37% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 47% of spending and raising funds 51%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.0m. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.