Aston Villa Foundation

Analysis

Aston Villa Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08589263). It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Aston Villa Foundation reported income of £2.9m and spending of £3.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £2.9m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Aston Villa Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Retreat York (£2.9m), 13 Rivers Trust (£2.9m) and Age UK Kensington and Chelsea (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 3.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 88 people.