Community Foster Care

Analysis

Community Foster Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03719101). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Foster Care reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £2.2m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Community Foster Care sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include STC Research Foundation (£2.1m), British Plumbing Employers Council (Training) Limited (£2.2m) and Local Trust (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £485k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

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.