The Bevan Foundation

Analysis

The Bevan Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04175018). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bevan Foundation reported income of £620k and spending of £466k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £524k to £620k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bevan Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifespring (£620k), The Bishop Radford Trust (£621k) and Talking Money (£620k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, charitable activities 4.0% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £80k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.