Active Braintree Foundation

Analysis

Active Braintree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witham. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 March 2025, Active Braintree Foundation reported income of £23k and spending of £35k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £23k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36333%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Braintree Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntington Community Centre (£23k), Make Every Move Count (£23k) and Reachout Now (£23k).