The Fountain Centre

Analysis

The Fountain Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04125713). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fountain Centre reported income of £851k and spending of £735k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £122k to £851k (+597%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 375%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Fountain Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Gale Family Charity Trust (£850k), Darlington Mind (£851k) and Mankind UK (£850k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, trading 7.9%, investments 3.3% and charitable activities 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £37k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £554k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.