The Windfall Foundation

Analysis

The Windfall Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Windfall Foundation reported income of £143k and spending of £715k, spending 500% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,350 to £143k (+2573%), an average of +127% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 6779%. Over the whole period it spent 350% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Windfall Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nextenergy Foundation (£143k), The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (£143k) and Warrington Visually Impaired People (£142k).

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.