BFWG Charitable Foundation

Analysis

BFWG Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in December 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, BFWG Charitable Foundation reported income of £275k and spending of £369k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £201k to £275k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, BFWG Charitable Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Romanby Preschool (£275k), Barton Pre School Nursery (£275k) and West Town Pre School Playgroup (£275k).

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.