Big Leaf Foundation

Analysis

Big Leaf Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Big Leaf Foundation reported income of £269k and spending of £335k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £256k to £269k (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Big Leaf Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Community Church (Stevenage) (£269k), George Fentham Birmingham Charity (£270k) and Spectrum Cambridge (£269k).