The British Nutrition Foundation

Analysis

The British Nutrition Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 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 00898651). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Nutrition Foundation reported income of £954k and spending of £1.1m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £954k (-29%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 British Nutrition Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care All Limited (£954k), The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust (£954k) and Campaigns in Global Health (£954k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, donations and legacies 42%, trading 12% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 7.6%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.