Worcestershire Community Foundation Limited

Analysis

Worcestershire Community Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04809926). It says it makes grants to organisations, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Worcestershire Community Foundation Limited reported income of £379k and spending of £344k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £379k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Worcestershire Community Foundation Limited sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision 21 (Gloucestershire) Ltd (£379k), Maindee Unlimited (£379k) and Notre Dame Refugee Centre (£379k).