The 4 Better Foundation

Analysis

The 4 Better Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The 4 Better Foundation reported income of £47k and spending of £76k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £67k to £47k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The 4 Better Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kaniki Trust (£47k), The Sir Robert Gooch Trust (£47k) and Kelly Trust (Crediton) (£47k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.