The Charlie Burns Foundation

Analysis

The Charlie Burns Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2019, 7 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 provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charlie Burns Foundation reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £22k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Charlie Burns Foundation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Liskeard and Looe Benevolent Fund (£22k), The Tunbridge Wells Post Graduate Centre Trust (£22k) and Children for Health Limited (£22k).