The Foster Wood Foundation

Analysis

The Foster Wood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Foster Wood Foundation reported income of £162k and spending of £176k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £368k to £162k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Foster Wood Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BEEP Doctors (BASICS Cumbria) Ltd (£162k), Colourful Life Foundation (£162k) and Bury Cancer Support Centre (£162k).