The Chronic Disease Research Foundation

Analysis

The Chronic Disease Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12266787). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Chronic Disease Research Foundation reported income of £214k and spending of £947k, spending 442% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £3.2m to £214k (-93%), an average of -49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 450%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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 Chronic Disease Research Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Squires Foundation (£214k), Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (£215k) and Legs (£214k).