Essex Foster Carers Association

Analysis

Essex Foster Carers Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Essex Foster Carers Association reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £19k to £15k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Essex Foster Carers Association sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willerby Carr Lane Primary Pfa (£15k), Friends of the Holme (£15k) and Boxted School Association (£15k).