The U Foundation Ltd

Analysis

The U Foundation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05570327). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The U Foundation Ltd reported income of £47k and spending of £65k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £47k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 215%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The U Foundation Ltd sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hampden Chapel (£47k), Light of the World Ministries LA Lumiere du Monde LWM (£47k) and Lye Community Centre (£47k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.