The Desmond Foundation

Analysis

The Desmond Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Desmond Foundation reported income of £33k and spending of £365k, spending 1099% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £988k to £33k (-97%), an average of -57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Desmond Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sri Radhey Seva Trust (£33k), Killinghall Village Hall Trust (£33k) and Binstead Community Association Limited (£33k).

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.