Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation

Analysis

Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation reported income of £43k and spending of £47k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £54k to £43k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Folkestone, Dover and Hythe Samaritans (£43k), Friends of Albella Boys Home, Darjeeling (£43k) and Anglo American Foundation (£43k).

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.