Columbia Threadneedle Foundation

Analysis

Columbia Threadneedle Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08825712). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Columbia Threadneedle Foundation reported income of £426k and spending of £292k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £371k to £426k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Columbia Threadneedle Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 The Naturist Foundation (£425k), Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds and Other Related Charities (£426k) and The Four Seasons Trust Limited (£425k).