The Cadbury Foundation

Analysis

The Cadbury Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cadbury Foundation reported income of £656k and spending of £762k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £649k to £656k (+1.0%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Cadbury Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Visible Ministries (£655k), The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (£657k) and Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre Ltd (£655k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £148k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.

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.