Green Shoots Foundation

Analysis

Green Shoots Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Green Shoots Foundation reported income of £67k and spending of £57k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £89k to £67k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Green Shoots Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fair (Funding Auto Immune Research) (£67k), Jessica's Sarcoma Awareness (£67k) and Alexandra House of Joy (£66k).