The Saffi Foundation

Analysis

The Saffi Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sleaford. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2025, The Saffi Foundation reported income of £251k and spending of £265k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £235k to £251k (+6.8%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Saffi Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wimbledon Mosque (£251k), United Kingdom Islamic Mission (£252k) and Y.m.e.r. CIO (£251k).

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.