Foundation for Children

Analysis

Foundation for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2010, 16 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 organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Foundation for Children reported income of £76k and spending of £146k, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £76k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 483%. Over the whole period it spent 339% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Foundation for Children sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queenborough Town Community Centre Ltd (£76k), The Jake Memorial Charitable Trust (£76k) and Barry and Martin's Trust (£76k).

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.