Raising Foundations

Analysis

Raising Foundations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beckenham. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Raising Foundations reported income of £16k and spending of £23k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £16k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 792%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Raising Foundations sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The New Shoreham Church Trust (£16k), The Upton Parochial Church Council Charitable Trust (£16k) and The Friends of St Leonard's Church, Hythe (£16k).