Salford Foundation Limited

Analysis

Salford Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02472369). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Salford Foundation Limited reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.9m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £3.6m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Salford Foundation Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Band Aid Charitable Trust (£3.5m), Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation (£3.6m) and United Utilities Trust Fund (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.3% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.