The Emmes Foundation

Analysis

The Emmes Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2007, 19 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.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Emmes Foundation reported income of £139k and spending of £169k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £90k to £139k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Emmes Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Group Analytic Society ,international (£138k), West Everton Community Council (£139k) and The Cwmbran Trust (£138k).