Vivensa Foundation

Analysis

Vivensa Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07472301). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Vivensa Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £4.7m, spending 328% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £1.4m (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 253% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vivensa Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Bromsgrove Redditch and Wyre Forest (£1.4m), Northfield Community Partnership - a Community Development Trust Limited (£1.4m) and Serve (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.4m. Reserves of £161.6m would cover about 399 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 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.