Woodsmith Foundation Limited

Analysis

Woodsmith Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08087609). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodsmith Foundation Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.6m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30942%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Woodsmith Foundation Limited 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research T/A The Griffin Institute (£1.6m), Congregation of the Ursulines of Jesus (£1.6m) and Yeldall Christian Centres (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.