Ner Foundation

Analysis

Ner Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. 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 05144207). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Ner Foundation reported income of £606k and spending of £541k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £371k to £606k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ner Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Roundabout (£605k), Cotswold Friends (£606k) and Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Association of London (£605k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81% and investments 7.1%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £490k. Reserves of £916k would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate.