The Foundry Sheffield

Analysis

The Foundry Sheffield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Foundry Sheffield reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £364k to £1.1m (+212%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Foundry Sheffield sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (£1.1m), Respond (£1.1m) and The Cyril and Eve Jumbo Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66% and charitable activities 23%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 10 people.

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.