The Claude and Sofia Marion Foundation

Analysis

The Claude and Sofia Marion Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Claude and Sofia Marion Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.4m (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Claude and Sofia Marion Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dig Deep (Africa) (£1.4m), Education Policy Institute (£1.4m) and The British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £46.0m would cover about 230 months of spending at that rate.