Bloomsbury Football Foundation

Analysis

Bloomsbury Football Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bloomsbury Football Foundation reported income of £4.0m and spending of £3.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £625k to £4.0m (+548%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bloomsbury Football Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Syncona Foundation (£4.0m), Brookvale (£4.0m) and The National Federation of Women's Institutes of England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76% and charitable activities 24%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £967k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.