The RCN Foundation

Analysis

The RCN Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07026001). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The RCN Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.1m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.7m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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 RCN Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mesothelioma UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£1.7m), The Booth Charities (£1.7m) and Sheila Coates Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 59%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £331k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £415k. Reserves of £33.1m would cover about 182 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.