Bacon Foundation Ltd

Analysis

Bacon Foundation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 10036. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05954674). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bacon Foundation Ltd reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.8m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £62k to £2.0m (+3101%), an average of +138% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 15282%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bacon Foundation Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees (£2.0m), Age UK Derby & Derbyshire (£2.0m) and Rethink Charity (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.7m.

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.