The Sumners Foundation

Analysis

The Sumners Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Sumners Foundation reported income of £25k and spending of £25k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,000 to £25k (+390%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 440%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Sumners Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Christian Blandford Fund (£25k), Apollo (£25k) and Friends of Sylhet (£25k).