The Community Foundation

Analysis

The Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 07199617). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Community Foundation reported income of £313k and spending of £330k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £185k to £313k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Community Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Desk & Chair Foundation (£313k), Just Earth Limited (£313k) and St Mary's Development Trust (£313k).