Be Kind Foundation

Analysis

Be Kind Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09123172). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Be Kind Foundation reported income of £425k and spending of £433k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £559k to £425k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Be Kind Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centres (£424k), Darul Isra Muslim Community Centre Trust (£425k) and Trinity Presbyterian Church of Ghana, London Congregation (£424k).