Bosphorus Foundation

Analysis

Bosphorus Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bosphorus Foundation reported income of £66k and spending of £68k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £66k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bosphorus Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pett Village Hall (£66k), Community Active Support (£66k) and Mission4water (£66k).

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.