The Borno Foundation

Analysis

The Borno Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witham. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Borno Foundation reported income of £62k and spending of £52k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £62k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 142% 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 Borno Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Qasmia Mohrvia Trust (£62k), Children and Families in Grief Limited (£62k) and Slough Integration Services (£62k).