The Openwork Foundation

Analysis

The Openwork Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Openwork Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.2m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Openwork Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anthony Toby Homes Trust (£1.2m), Oakleaf Enterprise (£1.3m) and Crest Waltham Forest (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74% and charitable activities 26%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £723k. Reserves of £292k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.