Essa Foundation

Analysis

Essa Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in February 2008, 18 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Essa Foundation reported income of £100k and spending of £298k, spending 298% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £205k to £100k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Essa Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tenbury Youth Cafe (£100k), Jeremy Alexander Settlement (£100k) and Redbridge Panjabi Sabhiacharik (Cultural) Sabha (£100k).