The Bishop of Guildford's Foundation

Analysis

The Bishop of Guildford's Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in February 1993, 33 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bishop of Guildford's Foundation reported income of £28k and spending of £18k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £28k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Bishop of Guildford's Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blaenau Gwent Community Aid (£27k), Haughton Green Community Forum (£28k) and Move Into Wellbeing (£27k).