The Footprints Foundation

Analysis

The Footprints Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 April 2025, The Footprints Foundation reported income of £94k and spending of £88k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £37k to £94k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Footprints Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fund for Human Need (£94k), The Vine Christian Trust (£94k) and The Puttenham Trust (£94k).