Christian Enterprise Foundation

Analysis

Christian Enterprise Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1986, 40 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 March 2025, Christian Enterprise Foundation reported income of £27k and spending of £56k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £41k to £27k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Christian Enterprise Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margaret Gladys Grimes Charitable Trust (£27k), Anuj Chopra Foundation (£27k) and Denby Dale District Lions Club (£27k).

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.