The Marriage Foundation

Analysis

The Marriage Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08002851). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Marriage Foundation reported income of £119k and spending of £103k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £101k to £119k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Marriage Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Changes Counselling (£119k), The Pauline Aviges-Graham Foundation (£119k) and Cornerstone Care in Confidence (£119k).