The Funding Network

Analysis

The Funding Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 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 04046959). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Funding Network reported income of £778k and spending of £782k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £824k to £778k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, The Funding Network sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Stafford & District (£775k), The Equinoxe Trust (£785k) and Hachzokas Torah Vechesed Charity (£774k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 2.8%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £516k. Reserves of £102k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 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.