The Britten Foundation

Analysis

The Britten Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Britten Foundation reported income of £76k and spending of £80k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £98k to £76k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 60%. 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, The Britten Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Cove Life Boat (£76k), John and Diana Kemp-Welch Charitable Trust (£76k) and The Guild of Health and St Raphael (£76k).

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.