Research Data Alliance Foundation

Analysis

Research Data Alliance Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09021881). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Research Data Alliance Foundation reported income of £604k and spending of £593k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £279k to £604k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Research Data Alliance Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Froebel Trust (£604k), Dr Daniel Williams (Commonly Known As Dr Williams's Trust) (£607k) and The Centre for Lebanese Studies (£604k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 7.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £203k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.