Pain Relief Foundation

Analysis

Pain Relief Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Pain Relief Foundation reported income of £333k and spending of £481k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £278k to £333k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pain Relief Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 Star Throwers CIO (£333k), Ipsum (£333k) and Bridge2aid (£333k).

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.