Sweaty Betty Foundation

Analysis

Sweaty Betty Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sweaty Betty Foundation reported income of £285k and spending of £379k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £667k to £285k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sweaty Betty Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxygen (£285k), Women's Health Information Support Centre Ltd (£285k) and Asian Development Association of Bury (£285k).