Sir John Eastwood Foundation

Analysis

Sir John Eastwood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mansfield. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sir John Eastwood Foundation reported income of £301k and spending of £328k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £299k to £301k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sir John Eastwood Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start South Leicestershire (£301k), The Oakgrove Foundation (£301k) and Don’t Lose Hope (£301k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.