The British Allergy Foundation

Analysis

The British Allergy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartford. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 04509293). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Allergy Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.2m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 British Allergy Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teens Unite Fighting Cancer (£1.2m), Cyclists Fighting Cancer (£1.2m) and Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 78%, donations and legacies 17%, charitable activities 3.5% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,242. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £909k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 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.