Cask Research Foundation

Analysis

Cask Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Finchdean Road. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 March 2025, Cask Research Foundation reported income of £39k and spending of £74k, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £39k (+61%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cask Research 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 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quiet Mind Centre (£39k), Higherground Christian Assembly (£39k) and Blackpool Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (£39k).