British Fashion Council Foundation

Analysis

British Fashion Council Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11917315). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, British Fashion Council Foundation reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.9m to £2.4m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Fashion Council Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leo Lion Foundation (£2.4m), Rubislaw Foundation (£2.4m) and Chabad Belgravia (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate.