Founders Combined Charity Capital Common Investment Fund

Analysis

Founders Combined Charity Capital Common Investment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Founders Combined Charity Capital Common Investment Fund reported income of £86k and spending of £144k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £74k to £86k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Founders Combined Charity Capital Common Investment Fund sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Azs Trust (£86k), The Clear Foundation (£86k) and The Empowerment Group (£86k).

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.