The Northern Powergrid Foundation

Analysis

The Northern Powergrid Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in May 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 14241649). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Northern Powergrid Foundation reported income of £164k and spending of £825k, spending 502% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £7.6m to £164k (-98%), an average of -85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 28% 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 Northern Powergrid Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Gowling WLG (UK) Charitable Trust (£164k), Neighbourhood Doulas CIO (£164k) and Al Khidmah Foundation (£164k).