Eiris Foundation

Analysis

Eiris Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02460330). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eiris Foundation reported income of £576k and spending of £816k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £469k to £576k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Eiris Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chirp Charitable Trust (£553k), Aberystwyth & District Hospice at Home Volunteers (£579k) and President of the Regimental Institution of the Infantry Training Centre (£553k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 17% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £19k. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.