Parabola Foundation

Analysis

Parabola Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08812870). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parabola Foundation reported income of £448k and spending of £288k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £863k to £448k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parabola Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit (£447k), New Covenant Cherubim & Seraphim Movement Church (£448k) and Oasis Community Church Aberdare (£447k).