Peoples Foundation

Analysis

Peoples Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Peoples Foundation reported income of £186k and spending of £184k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £152k to £186k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peoples Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Guy Newton Research Fund (£186k), Gambling Harm UK (£186k) and Befriending Refugees and Asylum Seekers (£186k).