01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037479
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 102
- Postcode
- RG1 1LX
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To promote and further the care and relief of children under the age of eighteen who have terminal illness or who are suffering from a medical condition sufficiently life threatening to create a probability that the child will not survive beyond their eighteenth birthday, and in particular by granting feasible wishes of such children.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £11,923,462 | £13,024,086 | 102 | 28 April 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | £12,156,946 | £12,411,219 | 102 | 19 May 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | £11,414,830 | £12,237,390 | 102 | 23 May 2024 |
| 31 August 2022 | £10,671,907 | £11,164,117 | 102 | 26 May 2023 |
| 31 August 2021 | £5,077,437 | £5,221,962 | 102 | 9 June 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Thames Tower, 7th Floor, Station Road, Reading, Berkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.make-a-wish.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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