The Wineburg Foundation

Analysis

The Wineburg Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2006, 20 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wineburg Foundation reported income of £132k and spending of £292k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £191k to £132k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 358%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wineburg Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nawaal Benevolence Fund (£132k), Redeemed Camp (£132k) and Hidah Synagogue and Beth Midrash (£132k).

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.