The Yusef Foundation

Analysis

The Yusef Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Yusef Foundation reported income of £33k and spending of £52k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to February 2025, income fell from £133k to £33k (-75%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 322%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Yusef Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shiloh International (£33k), Impact Network (£33k) and The Charles Godwin Foundation (£33k).

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.