Fischer Family Foundation

Analysis

Fischer Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Fischer Family Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.0m to £1.7m (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 911%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fischer Family 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indochina Starfish Foundation (£1.7m), Action for Me (£1.7m) and The Matt Hampson Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.7m. Reserves of £361k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.