The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation

Analysis

The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05303176). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation reported income of £457k and spending of £355k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £293k to £457k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Streetlight UK (£456k), Family Compass (£457k) and Mammakind (£456k).