Gefen Foundation

Analysis

Gefen Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05117797). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Gefen Foundation reported income of £373k and spending of £324k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £337k to £373k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gefen Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Room Manchester (£373k), Anjuman-E-Isha-At-E-Islam (£373k) and Home-Start Wandsworth Limited (£373k).