The Deflog Foundation

Analysis

The Deflog Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in August 2020, 6 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 makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Deflog Foundation reported income of £19k and spending of £35k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £320k to £19k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 34% 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 Deflog Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reed Family Foundation (£19k), Sedgeberrow Village Hall (£19k) and Ashton in Makerfield and District University of the Third Age (£19k).

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.