Pandas Foundation

Analysis

Pandas Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07740327). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pandas Foundation reported income of £447k and spending of £419k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £166k to £447k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pandas Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oakdale Trust (£447k), The Girdlers' Company Charitable Trust (£447k) and Palmed UK (£447k).