Asos Foundation

Analysis

Asos Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08658508). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Asos Foundation reported income of £931k and spending of £634k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £508k to £931k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Asos Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kahal Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok (£931k), The Prinknash Abbey Charities (£932k) and Wilderness Foundation UK (£929k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 57% and donations and legacies 43%. Charitable activities took 51% of spending and raising funds 44%.