Pharo Foundation

Analysis

Pharo Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07678862). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pharo Foundation reported income of £548k and spending of £16.5m, spending 3015% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15.0m to £548k (-96%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pharo Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homeless Action in Barnet (£548k), Dove Cottage Day Hospice (£548k) and Adenfirst Limited (£547k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, trading 26% and investments 26%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £358k. Reserves of £329k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 766 people.