Foundations Independent Living Trust Limited

Analysis

Foundations Independent Living Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04593407). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Foundations Independent Living Trust Limited reported income of £330k and spending of £346k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £337k to £330k (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. 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, Foundations Independent Living Trust Limited sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tara Yoga Centre (£330k), Jericho Road Project (£330k) and The C P Charitable Trust (£330k).