The Western Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Western Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08051428). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Western Charitable Foundation reported income of £995k and spending of £1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £919k to £995k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Western Charitable Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Institute for the Future of Work (£993k), Save the Family Ltd (£995k) and The Goldhill Play Association (£993k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65% and investments 35%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £195k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.