The Braunstone Foundation

Analysis

The Braunstone Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in December 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 amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04029394). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Braunstone Foundation reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.2m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Braunstone Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Human Relief Mission (£1.9m), Stand (£1.9m) and European Association for the Study of Obesity (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 20%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 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.