Nottinghamshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Nottinghamshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghmashire. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03410730). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottinghamshire Community Foundation reported income of £815k and spending of £868k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £815k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Nottinghamshire Community Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asha Projects (£813k), Church Extension Association (Incorporated) (£815k) and Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex Limited (£813k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 49%, charitable activities 42% and investments 9.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £678k. Reserves of £344k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.