The Sue Thomson Foundation

Analysis

The Sue Thomson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 August 2025, The Sue Thomson Foundation reported income of £290k and spending of £253k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £294k to £290k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Sue Thomson Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Alive International (£290k), The Margarethe Charitable Trust (£290k) and The British Blood Transfusion Society (£290k).