Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03239086). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.6m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.9m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shekinah Mission (Plymouth) Limited (£1.9m), The Hastings Community Trust (£1.9m) and Keren Shabbos (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, charitable activities 11%, trading 6.4% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £310k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.