The Fairness Foundation

Analysis

The Fairness Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1995, 31 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 company (Companies House number 02912767). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Fairness Foundation reported income of £242k and spending of £166k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £242k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Fairness Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blood Bikes Cumbria (£242k), Chamos - in Aid of the Children of Venezuela (£242k) and Midsomer Norton & Radstock Dial A Ride (£241k).