The Memory Box Foundation

Analysis

The Memory Box Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Memory Box Foundation reported income of £38k and spending of £63k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £81k to £38k (-53%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Memory Box Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Public Welfare Trust (£38k), Medico-Legal Society (£38k) and 4 the 1 (£38k).