British Foundation for the University of the West Indies

Analysis

British Foundation for the University of the West Indies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06420929). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Foundation for the University of the West Indies reported income of £99k and spending of £8,405, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,981 to £99k (+1895%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 24720%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Foundation for the University of the West Indies sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% 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 Yeovil Christian Support Trust (£99k), Edgware Islamic Cultural Trust (£99k) and Bury Drop in (£99k).