Friends Provident Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Friends Provident Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04228843). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends Provident Charitable Foundation reported income of £650k and spending of £4.1m, spending 635% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £535k to £650k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 419% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Friends Provident Charitable Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation (£649k), Little Giving (£650k) and Fat Face Foundation (£647k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 57%, charitable activities 24% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.4m. Reserves of £21.4m would cover about 61 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 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.