The Abstract Foundation

Analysis

The Abstract Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. 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 March 2025, The Abstract Foundation reported income of £164k and spending of £214k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £164k (-88%), an average of -65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Abstract 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 St Ives Day Centre (£164k), The Hurstcote Charitable Foundation (£164k) and Grace Baptist Church, Southport (£164k).