4 Charity Foundation

Analysis

4 Charity Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 03790215). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 4 Charity Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.0m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £158k to £1.4m (+795%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1934%. Over the whole period it spent 308% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 4 Charity Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Turkish Cypriot Community Association (£1.4m), Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Leeds) UK (£1.4m) and The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £990k. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate.