The Challenging Behaviour Foundation

Analysis

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03307407). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Challenging Behaviour Foundation reported income of £496k and spending of £672k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £610k to £496k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Challenging Behaviour Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Icfem Dreamland Mission (£495k), York Blind & Partially Sighted Society (£497k) and Annie Mawson's Sunbeams Music Trust (£494k).