The Florence Nightingale Foundation

Analysis

The Florence Nightingale Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00518623). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Florence Nightingale Foundation reported income of £3.9m and spending of £3.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.9m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Florence Nightingale Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Providence Row (£3.9m), Marchant-Holliday School Limited (£3.9m) and Cardinal Hume Centre (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 6.0%, donations and legacies 2.2% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.