The Howard Foundation

Analysis

The Howard Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in December 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Howard Foundation reported income of £119k and spending of £227k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £16k to £119k (+636%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 1342%. Over the whole period it spent 27% 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 Howard Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Federation of Disability Sports Organisations Ltd (£119k), The Sunset Charitable Trust (£119k) and Northampton Samaritans (£119k).