Buckinghamshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Buckinghamshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03662246). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Buckinghamshire Community Foundation reported income of £4.3m and spending of £3.2m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £4.3m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Buckinghamshire Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Focus Birmingham (£4.3m), The East Lancashire Hospice (£4.3m) and Young Somerset (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £202k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.