Santa Maria Foundation

Analysis

Santa Maria Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Santa Maria Foundation reported income of £45k and spending of £69k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £76k to £45k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Santa Maria Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BTG Mind Matters CIO (£45k), Al-Jawad (£45k) and Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of London Benevolent Fund (£45k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.