Excel Fund

Analysis

Excel Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Excel Fund reported income of £33k and spending of £44k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £39k to £33k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Excel Fund sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Magic of Milly (£33k), Midshires Search & Rescue Organisation (£33k) and The Bradninch Town Trust (£33k).

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.