Filey Foundation Ltd

Analysis

Filey Foundation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06603645). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Filey Foundation Ltd reported income of £271k and spending of £339k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £320k to £271k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Filey Foundation Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhema Faith Ministries (£271k), Charities in Association with the League of St Bartholomews Nurses (£271k) and Kesher Limited (£271k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.