The Bourne Foundation

Analysis

The Bourne Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Bourne Foundation reported income of £36k and spending of £17k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £64k to £36k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bourne Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Itbtt Foundation (£36k), Rushbury C of E Primary School - Mini Bus Transport Fund (£36k) and Kingston and District Unit 203 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£36k).