UK Fund for Charities

Analysis

UK Fund for Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Grinstead. It was registered in May 2003, 23 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 04727786). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, UK Fund for Charities reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £156k to £4.6m (+2863%), an average of +133% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 574%. 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, UK Fund for Charities sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation for Leeds (£4.5m), LSEG Foundation (£4.6m) and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.6m. Reserves of £71k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.