Cell Foundation

Analysis

Cell Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08565097). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cell Foundation reported income of £205k and spending of £111k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £205k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cell 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 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Melin Daron Cyf (£205k), Turner's House Trust (£205k) and Somerset County Federation of Women's Institutes (£204k).