The Foundations Trust

Analysis

The Foundations Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03688829). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Foundations Trust reported income of £194k and spending of £261k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £173k to £194k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Foundations Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald Sowerby (£194k), Global Church of Grace Ministries (£194k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul Wantage (£194k).