David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08906571). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £482k and spending of £1.3m, spending 279% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £407k to £482k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 223% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swim Torquay Limited (£481k), Sporting Khalsa Community Facilities Limited (£482k) and Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre (£481k).

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.