The Iron Foundation

Analysis

The Iron Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06570835). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Iron Foundation reported income of £479k and spending of £562k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £654k to £479k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Iron Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CHIPS - Children's integrated playschemes (£479k), Llandrindod Foodbank (£479k) and Queen Mary's Roehampton Trust (£479k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.