British Olympic Foundation

Analysis

British Olympic 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 education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06272889). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Olympic Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.6m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.2m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Olympic 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 Balcombe Charitable Trust (£1.2m), The Little Orchard Charitable Trust (£1.2m) and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61% and donations and legacies 39%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £254k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.