The Usborne Foundation

Analysis

The Usborne Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Usborne Foundation reported income of £53k and spending of £524k, spending 980% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £53k (-97%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23918%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Usborne Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mosaic Jewish Community Limited (£53k), Camberwell Consolidated Charities (£53k) and Grace Church (Scotter and District) (£53k).