The Touchstone Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Touchstone Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Touchstone Charitable Foundation reported income of £92k and spending of £38k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £92k (+205%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Touchstone Charitable Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acacia Partnership Trust (£92k), Cornerstone (Braintree) (£92k) and Assemblies of God Back to God (£92k).