Close Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Close Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Close Charitable Foundation reported income of £40k and spending of £41k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £25k to £40k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Close Charitable Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank (£40k), The Ciechanowiecki Foundation (£40k) and Mawdesley Equine and People Trust (£40k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.