The Finborough Foundation

Analysis

The Finborough Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06446031). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Finborough Foundation reported income of £288k and spending of £336k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £241k to £288k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Finborough Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imra (£288k), The Bacup Consortium Trust (£288k) and The Friends of St Francis Katete Charitable Trust (£288k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.