The Philanthropy Foundation

Analysis

The Philanthropy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07802097). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Philanthropy Foundation reported income of £378k and spending of £429k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £168k to £378k (+126%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Philanthropy Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Waterside Centre, Kings Langley (£378k), Happy Hill Essex CIO (£379k) and Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand U.k. (£378k).