Alan Davidson Foundation

Analysis

Alan Davidson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 09351464). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alan Davidson Foundation reported income of £406k and spending of £2.4m, spending 600% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £270k to £406k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 443% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Alan Davidson Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Fistula (UK) (£406k), Danson Youth Trust (£406k) and The Reach for Health Centre Ltd (£406k).

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.