The Racing Foundation

Analysis

The Racing Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07890908). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Racing Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £3.4m, spending 286% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.2m (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 217% 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 Racing Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North London Adult Care Ltd (£1.2m), The Z.s.v. Trust (£1.2m) and York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.7m. It employed 4 people.