The ALMA Foundation

Analysis

The ALMA Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The ALMA Foundation reported income of £28k and spending of £49k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £47k to £28k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 ALMA Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Bit of a Break (£28k), The John Sumner Trust (Otherwise Known As Sir John Sumner's Trust) (£28k) and Mission Divine Flame (£28k).