BW Foundation

Analysis

BW Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in November 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 company (Companies House number 06324340). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, BW Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £430k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.2m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, BW Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nehemiah Project (£1.2m), Your Voice in Health and Social Care (£1.2m) and The Guyll-Leng Charitable Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, investments 4.2%, charitable activities 4.1% and trading 2.1%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £57k. Reserves of £16.5m would cover about 446 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.