Becht Foundation

Analysis

Becht Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Becht Foundation reported income of £9.9m and spending of £10.7m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £9.9m (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Becht Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Pharmacological Society (£9.9m), Health Limited (£10.0m) and Overgate Hospice (£9.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8.9m. Reserves of £377.3m would cover about 422 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.