Road Safety Foundation

Analysis

Road Safety Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02069723). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Road Safety Foundation reported income of £977k and spending of £943k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £558k to £977k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Road Safety Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern (Eastbourne Number 2) Limited (£971k), The Liverpool Muslim Society (£979k) and Carlisle and Eden Districts Citizens Advice Bureau (£967k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £21k. Reserves of £528k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.