The Fred Foundation

Analysis

The Fred Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fred Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £29k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £20k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Fred Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Community Nurses Foundation CIO (£20k), Sir John Robinson Worksop Charity (£20k) and Family and Friends of Sandgate School (£20k).