Ifs Foundation

Analysis

Ifs Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staines-Upon-Thames. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ifs Foundation reported income of £157k and spending of £182k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £157k (+309%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ifs 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World's End Neighbourhood Advice Centre (£157k), Roots4life (£157k) and Tees Valley Youth for Christ (£157k).