Matthew Good Foundation

Analysis

Matthew Good Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hessle. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07682465). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Matthew Good Foundation reported income of £554k and spending of £504k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £230k to £554k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Matthew Good 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 British Society for Neuroendocrinology (£554k), The Kidsaid Foundation (£554k) and Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK Ltd (£554k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £138k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £412k. Reserves of £423k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.