Exit Foundation

Analysis

Exit Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Exit Foundation reported income of £356k and spending of £336k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £107k to £356k (+233%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Exit Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Mind (£356k), British Association of Perinatal Medicine (£357k) and Eating Matters (£356k).