The Mark Glaser Foundation

Analysis

The Mark Glaser Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mark Glaser Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £30k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,012 to £20k (+294%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 282900%. Over the whole period it spent 632% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Mark Glaser Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blind Life in Durham (£20k), Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Nottingham (£20k) and Winkleigh War Memorial Recreation Field (£20k).

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.