Change Please Foundation

Analysis

Change Please Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 June 2025, Change Please Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.1m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £368k to £1.6m (+322%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Change Please 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 Carers in Bedfordshire (£1.6m), West Somerset Home (Blenheim Lodge) Limited (£1.6m) and Ashbourne Community Transport (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 30% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.