Frugal Empowerment Foundation

Analysis

Frugal Empowerment 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 general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Frugal Empowerment Foundation reported income of £262k and spending of £98k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £64k to £262k (+306%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Frugal Empowerment 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 RJ Working CIO (£262k), Sandwell and District West Indian Community Association (£262k) and Epping Forest Foodbank (£261k).