The Syncona Foundation

Analysis

The Syncona Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08073905). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Syncona Foundation reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.2m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £4.0m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 Syncona Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Federation of Women's Institutes of England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man (£4.0m), Bloomsbury Football Foundation (£4.0m) and North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.2m. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate.