The Penguin Sports Foundation

Analysis

The Penguin Sports Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstable. It was registered in December 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, 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 December 2025, The Penguin Sports Foundation reported income of £82k and spending of £58k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £121k to £82k (-33%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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 Penguin Sports Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Earthquake and Tsunami Support (£81k), Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust (£82k) and The Bishop of Blackburn's Fund for the Widows and Orphans of Poor Clergy (£81k).