Sarwar Foundation

Analysis

Sarwar Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glasgow. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03949712). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sarwar Foundation reported income of £361k and spending of £297k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £183k to £361k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sarwar Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haringey Sports Development (£360k), Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Mind (£361k) and Spectrum People (£360k).