Northamptonshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Northamptonshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04269030). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northamptonshire Community Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £1.7m (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northamptonshire Community Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action for Me (£1.7m), North East Lincolnshire Women's Aid (£1.7m) and Fischer Family Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, investments 31% and charitable activities 13%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £352k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.