The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Flintshire. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £365k to £1.2m (+237%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Iceland Foods Charitable 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust (£1.2m), The Forrester Family Trust (£1.2m) and Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate.