The Foster Care Charity

Analysis

The Foster Care Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in November 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 14472135). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Foster Care Charity reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £4.2m (-42%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Foster Care Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chalk Cliff Trust (£4.2m), Catherine Grace Trust (£4.2m) and Disability Positive (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.