Reed Family Foundation

Analysis

Reed Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reed Family Foundation reported income of £19k and spending of £126k, spending 659% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,035 to £19k (+840%), an average of +75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 964% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Reed Family Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashton in Makerfield and District University of the Third Age (£19k), The Deflog Foundation (£19k) and The Idbury Charity Trust (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.