Bioguinea Foundation

Analysis

Bioguinea 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, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07574245). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bioguinea Foundation reported income of £680k and spending of £622k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £461k to £680k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 307%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bioguinea 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim World League London Office Trust (£680k), Gateway Church, Poole (£680k) and Centre for Theology and Community Limited (£680k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £86k. Reserves of £245k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.