Parkwater Foundation

Analysis

Parkwater Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05269789). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Parkwater Foundation reported income of £358k and spending of £180k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £232k to £358k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parkwater Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 South London Cares Limited (£358k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, de Beauvoir Town (£359k) and Hailsham Frontiers Charitable Trust (£358k).