The Reece Foundation

Analysis

The Reece Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06361547). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Reece Foundation reported income of £249k and spending of £3.0m, spending 1195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £755k to £249k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 526% 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 Reece Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackpool,fylde and Wyre Samaritans (£249k), Willow Tree Family Farm (£249k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer for All Nations (£249k).

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.