Fia Foundation

Analysis

Fia Foundation 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, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04219306). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Fia Foundation reported income of £9.5m and spending of £20.8m, spending 218% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.7m to £9.5m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 252% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fia Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Raphael's Hospice (£9.5m), Trilogy Active (£9.6m) and Alder Hey Children's Charity (£9.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £14.5m. Reserves of £409.7m would cover about 230 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 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.