The Fowberry Foundation

Analysis

The Fowberry Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Fowberry Foundation reported income of £64k and spending of £760k, spending 1196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £19k to £64k (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 1154% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Fowberry Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heslington Almshouses Charity (£63k), Richard Whitaker's Almshouses (£64k) and Providence Homes (£63k).

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.