The Buffini Chao Foundation

Analysis

The Buffini Chao Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Buffini Chao Foundation reported income of £574k and spending of £822k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £611k to £574k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 256%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Buffini Chao Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Hillingdon Community Transport Limited (£573k), The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited (£574k) and London Mathematical Laboratory (£573k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80% and investments 20%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £713k. Reserves of £10.0m would cover about 144 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.