Ponosi Foundation

Analysis

Ponosi Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hounslow. It was registered in February 2021, 5 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ponosi Foundation reported income of £144k and spending of £44, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £77k to £144k (+86%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 7.5% 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, Ponosi Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The UK Friends of Sumbandila Scholarship Trust (£144k), Brighouse West Yorkshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain (£144k) and The Salo Bordon Charitable Trust (£144k).