The Anderson Foundation

Analysis

The Anderson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Anderson Foundation reported income of £976k and spending of £1.1m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £81k to £976k (+1110%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 697%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Anderson Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Survivors in Transition (£976k), The James Tudor Foundation (£977k) and My Sisters' House CIO (£976k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.5%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £390k would cover about 4 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.