The Three Bears Foundation

Analysis

The Three Bears Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Three Bears Foundation reported income of £84k and spending of £114k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £13k to £84k (+551%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Three Bears Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rayonhills (£84k), The Addleshaw Goddard Charitable Trust (£84k) and Haircuts4homeless Limited (£84k).