Babylon Educational Foundation

Analysis

Babylon Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Babylon Educational Foundation reported income of £287k and spending of £257k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £471k to £287k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Babylon Educational Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (£287k), Malvern Hills Foodbank (£288k) and Emerging Leaders (£287k).