Association of Charitable Foundations

Analysis

Association of Charitable Foundations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05190466). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Association of Charitable Foundations reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.7m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Association of Charitable Foundations sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alan Sugar Foundation (£1.7m), Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends (£1.7m) and Global Impact UK (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 14%, donations and legacies 6.3% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £667k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.