The Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Analysis

The Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation reported income of £304k and spending of £387k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £234k to £304k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tiyeni (£304k), Chipping Campden Baptist Church (£304k) and Faith in Action Merton Homelessness Project (£304k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.