Avicenna Foundation

Analysis

Avicenna Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Avicenna Foundation reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £940k to £2.0m (+117%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Avicenna Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gangaben Desai Family Charity (£2.0m), The Guarantors of Brain (£2.0m) and Arise Education (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91% and investments 8.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £358k. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.