The 3c Foundation

Analysis

The 3c Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The 3c Foundation reported income of £128k and spending of £110k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £66k to £128k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2540%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The 3c Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollys Hearts (£128k), Kent Panthers Foundation (£128k) and Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank (£128k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.