Impact Foundation

Analysis

Impact Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in February 1985, 41 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 company (Companies House number 01878297). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Impact Foundation reported income of £2.2m and spending of £1.8m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.2m (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Impact Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kemp Hospice (£2.2m), Mary Ann Evans Hospice (£2.2m) and Age Concern Tyneside South (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97%, investments 1.9% and charitable activities 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £228k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £203k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.