British Skin Foundation

Analysis

British Skin Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Skin Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.6m (+49%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Skin Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£1.6m), Centre for Mental Health (£1.6m) and Alexandra Rose Charity (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, trading 20% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £58k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £250k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.